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  • "Earth Helpless Against Giant Asteroids As NASA Simulation Ends In Doom

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 4 13:59:54 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    "Earth Helpless Against Giant Asteroids As NASA Simulation Ends In Doom"

    https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/earth-helpless-against-giant-asteroids-nasa-simulation-ends-doom

    "According to simulations conducted by leading space agencies, Earth
    lacks the technology to stop a massive asteroid from wiping out Europe, according to the Independent.
    The week-long exercise led by Nasa concluded that catastrophe would
    be unavoidable, even given six months to prepare.
    The hypothetical impact scenario, which took place during a
    planetary defence conference hosted by the United Nations, proved that governments are woefully unprepared for this kind of disaster. -Independent
    "If confronted with the scenario in real life, we would not be able to
    launch any spacecraft on such short notice with current capabilities,"
    said the participants.
    According to the report, the only thing humanity could do in such an
    event is to evacuate the area before the asteroid hit - though the
    scenario's impact zone was across a large swath of North Africa and Europe."

    Yup. As Ryk Spoor just so excitingly pointed out in his recent
    "Castaway Resolution" book, giant asteroids are ELE (extinction level
    events) for land dwellers.

    https://www.amazon.com/Castaway-Resolution-Boundary-Eric-Flint/dp/1982125322/

    And my favorite asteroid movie is "Deep Impact" with "When Worlds
    Collide" as a close second.
    https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Impact-Blu-ray-Morgan-Freeman/dp/B002DMJLTE/ and

    https://www.amazon.com/When-Worlds-Collide-Blu-ray-Richard/dp/B091F3MT1L/

    Lynn

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Tue May 4 15:27:49 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 5/4/2021 1:59 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Earth Helpless Against Giant Asteroids As NASA Simulation Ends In Doom"

    https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/earth-helpless-against-giant-asteroids-nasa-simulation-ends-doom


    "According to simulations conducted by leading space agencies, Earth
    lacks the technology to stop a massive asteroid from wiping out Europe, according to the Independent.
       The week-long exercise led by Nasa concluded that catastrophe would
    be unavoidable, even given six months to prepare.
       The hypothetical impact scenario, which took place during a
    planetary defence conference hosted by the United Nations, proved that governments are woefully unprepared for this kind of disaster. -Independent "If confronted with the scenario in real life, we would not be able to
    launch any spacecraft on such short notice with current capabilities,"
    said the participants.
    According to the report, the only thing humanity could do in such an
    event is to evacuate the area before the asteroid hit - though the
    scenario's impact zone was across a large swath of North Africa and
    Europe."

    Yup.  As Ryk Spoor just so excitingly pointed out in his recent
    "Castaway Resolution" book, giant asteroids are ELE (extinction level
    events) for land dwellers.

    https://www.amazon.com/Castaway-Resolution-Boundary-Eric-Flint/dp/1982125322/


    And my favorite asteroid movie is "Deep Impact" with "When Worlds
    Collide" as a close second.
      https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Impact-Blu-ray-Morgan-Freeman/dp/B002DMJLTE/ and

    https://www.amazon.com/When-Worlds-Collide-Blu-ray-Richard/dp/B091F3MT1L/

    Lynn

    …with “When Worlds Collide” as a close second.

    BTW, I have both Worlds Collide books in my SBR (strategic book reserve).
    https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Collide-Philip-Balmer-Edwin/dp/0446521809/ and

    https://www.amazon.com/After-Worlds-Collide-Philip-1966-01-01/dp/B01A1NP410/

    Hopefully we will get enough notice that I can read them both.

    Lynn

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