So... what would you do?
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The Neal Stephenson book Seveneves has quite a similar scenario play out, but I do think he's too optimistic about how well civilisation holds up in this kind of scenario.
As the consequence-horizon gets closer and closer, I think you find out what people are really like, and I don't think it's pretty.
As the consequence-horizon gets closer and closer, I think you find out what people are really like, and I don't think it's pretty.
Tango13 said:
neilr said:
The Daily Heil would probably run headlines like ' How will an apocalyptic asteroid impact affect the value of YOUR house?"
21 Celebrities that have been hit by a planet killing asteroid, number 8 will amaze you!(LOts of ads to scroll through, dentures, equity release, etc...)
It would destroy life on earth as we understand it and completely change our way of life.
(Lots more ads)
A number of Celebrities have been killed by meterorites over the past hundred odd years....
(Lots more ads)
An Asteriod is a piece of rock from out of space that can travel in excess of 10000 miles an hour...
(Even more ads)
Celebrities are people who are famous.
(Even more ads...)
Earth is a spinny ball thing that we all live on.
(Lots more ads and fluff... probably given up the will to live by now)
Space is a big empty space in which the Earth lives. Its full of stars and planets and space debri. Asteriods being one......
(Even more ads... you click back on your Android browser in impatience at this point...)
Covid was fake to give governments free reign to spend on secret space programs including the deflecting of asteroids.
Also getting the worlds billionairres involved to push the technology further.
Hows that for a conspiracy?
If im wrong may we all be horibbly crushed from above somehow..
Also getting the worlds billionairres involved to push the technology further.
Hows that for a conspiracy?
If im wrong may we all be horibbly crushed from above somehow..
Tango13 said:
neilr said:
The Daily Heil would probably run headlines like ' How will an apocalyptic asteroid impact affect the value of YOUR house?"
21 Celebrities that have been hit by a planet killing asteroid, number 8 will amaze you!vulture1 said:
Covid was fake to give governments free reign to spend on secret space programs including the deflecting of asteroids.
Also getting the worlds billionairres involved to push the technology further.
Hows that for a conspiracy?
If im wrong may we all be horibbly crushed from above somehow..
They're building spaceships man! Also getting the worlds billionairres involved to push the technology further.
Hows that for a conspiracy?
If im wrong may we all be horibbly crushed from above somehow..
Bodo said:
Non-Daily Mail-readers don't have these kind of problems.
They do, to varying degrees, for example if they're Guardian readers.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/10/na...
turbobloke said:
They do, to varying degrees, for example if they're Guardian readers.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/10/na...
“Asteroid pronouns matter: how misgendering 2023DW could have devastating consequences” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/10/na...
ruggedscotty said:
I came across this,
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11...
Made me think, Hypothetical question, If it was made public that NASA had identified a projected impact with a 3 mile wide asteroid on 5 september 2029 what would your reaction be, and what would your thoughts be, also how would you see out your last days.....
how do you think the rest of the world would deal with it ?
just a little over 6 years from now, would civilisation falter ? would we deal with it and carry on as normal....
6 years? I'd hope they could rustle up some space cowboys in that time.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11...
Made me think, Hypothetical question, If it was made public that NASA had identified a projected impact with a 3 mile wide asteroid on 5 september 2029 what would your reaction be, and what would your thoughts be, also how would you see out your last days.....
how do you think the rest of the world would deal with it ?
just a little over 6 years from now, would civilisation falter ? would we deal with it and carry on as normal....
Oh no wait.... wrong movie. Its Oil Rig workers isn't it. Get them boys up there.
So,
Taking this post at face value, either
- the world unties to pool it's resources into a asteroid defeating mechanism of some sort ( a bit like Pacific Rim Jaegers, or the Arks in 2012). The wealthy portion of the world would probably have to accept lower standards of living for a while (the poor majority probably won't notice)
- in the absence of any solution to divert the astroid, it would be a case of either trying to "prep" my way out of it, or insulating my family from the worst of the societal breakdown that I expect to happen in the run up.
Frankly, if I was in power I would be seriously thinking about just not telling people - which is the approach summise in Deep Impact (the better of the two documentaries broadcast in '98)
Taking this post at face value, either
- the world unties to pool it's resources into a asteroid defeating mechanism of some sort ( a bit like Pacific Rim Jaegers, or the Arks in 2012). The wealthy portion of the world would probably have to accept lower standards of living for a while (the poor majority probably won't notice)
- in the absence of any solution to divert the astroid, it would be a case of either trying to "prep" my way out of it, or insulating my family from the worst of the societal breakdown that I expect to happen in the run up.
Frankly, if I was in power I would be seriously thinking about just not telling people - which is the approach summise in Deep Impact (the better of the two documentaries broadcast in '98)
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