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by NASA is no stranger to having math errors equal the destruction of their multi-million dollar space endeavors. In 1999, the space agency hung its head in shame when a failure to properly convert units resulted in the Mars Climate Orbiter smashing into the planet. The agency's math has been trumped once again, only this time by a German thirteen year old. Earlier, NASA had calculated the impact probability of the Apophis asteroid as roughly 1 chance in 45,000. Nico Marquardt recalculated those odds for his regional science competition, by factoring in the changes to the asteroid's orbit after it impacts with other interstellar debris, as having a 1 in 450 chance of destroying life on Earth. Enjoy the beautiful heavens above ... they may kill you one day.
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Talk About'cher Climate Change by LordDilly :: NR8 :: on 17 April 2008
Sooo ... does this mean there is a better chance of the planet being wiped out by a big - ass space rock than Global Warming actually occurring like Al Gore says?
RE: Talk About'cher Climate Change by NomadSoul :: NR5 :: on 19 April 2008
Well, a big rock would be a quicker way to go I guess, but climate change isn't a question of "one day it might happen," it's already happening whether we like it or not. It's just a question of how bad we let it get before humanity stops acting like a bunch of drunken frat boys and takes some responsibility for its actions on this planet.