Oumuamua

[Tiki Tom]

Just my luck, that's the year I'm planning to retire!

The odds for that asteroid strike have now gone up. It is now a 1 in 48 chance.

https://www.the-sun.com/tech/13562947/chilling-new-telescope-photos-city-killer-asteroid/

 

[Tiki Tom]

Updated to 1 in 38 chance. This is not heading in the right direction!

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/asteroid-2024-yr4-nasa-earth-chances-b2700006.html

Risk corridor is apparently south of North America and Europe. (But I note that Hawaii seems to be on/near the path!). As you can see, some very large cities are in danger.

 

[Liam_Og]

Time to increase scientists and international space agency funding eh.

Why not increase scientists pay to be inline with football, soccer, baseball, and basketball players?

I’m confident that the best paid people on the planet will come up with solutions for virus outbreaks and potential asteroid impacts.

90m strikes me as a doable problem though.

 

[Olumin]

Against asteroids/comets there are a few viable solutions:

Change the objects trajectory/orbit enough so that it misses earth. This can be accomplished by detonations in close proximity to the object or an impactor (effectively "pushing" it). For this to be effective it requires data of the objects composition and density, as to not destroy or fracture it by accident.

Total or partial destruction of the asteroid. Total destruction would mean vaporisation accomplished via a single or a series of fusion warheads. This is impractical or impossible for objects past a certain size, as this would require Giga or Teraton warheads. Partial destruction can be effective if done early enough to leave the resulting debris field enough time to spread out, resulting in most of the asteroid missing earth.

For a 90m object, it might be cheaper to simply evacuate the affected area and rebuild.

 

[Liam_Og]

For a 90m object, it might be cheaper to simply evacuate the affected area and rebuild.

What do you base your assessment on?

90m is good practice for 900m. I reckon dealing with it in space might provide an excellent learning opportunity.

I must inform myself better soon.

 

[Olumin]

What do you base your assessment on?

90m is good practice for 900m. I reckon dealing with it in space might provide an excellent learning opportunity.

I must inform myself better soon.

Just my personal opinion. I believe that we either already posses the necessary tech to deal with a serious asteroid should one become a problem, or that "others" will deal with it for us if its sufficiently dangerous. Either way if it ever became necessary chances are we would never even know it happened.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Odds continue to drop. Now a 1 in 32 chance.

https://thehill.com/homenews/5152487-asteroid-hurtling-toward-earth-odds-2032/

 

[Tiki Tom]

I’ll keep an eye out for this one: 34 high level current gov officials interviewed on the topic of UFOs.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...age-of-disclosure-movie-interview-1236154768/

it is a bit of a circus out there. So I’d like to hear from people who are not dependent on YouTube hits to make a living.

 

[Tiki Tom]

So…. David Grusch, famous whistleblower who says The U.S. has a UFO crash retrieval program (he’s also an ex intelligence officer with highly respected creds), has been hired as a Senior Advisor to Congress. Some insiders say this is a way to get around security clearance issues that prevent him from saying more…

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5214211-david-grusch-eric-burlison-ufo-transparency/

 

[Tiki Tom]

^^^^^
Breaking news: David Grusch will finally be getting into a SCIF (Secure Compartmentalized Intelligence Facility). It has taken almost two years. You’ll recall that at the famous Congressional hearing he said more than once “ I can’t tell you that in a public hearing, but I could share details in a SCIF.” Well, supposedly, every procedural obstacle was used to keep him OUT of that SCIF. But, apparently, Grusch’s getting hired by a Congressman has done the trick.

 

[The one from the North]

I'm absolutely thrilled to see this unfolding. Just can't make up my mind what to think. On the other hand this Grusch fellow, among others, has a high credibility, on the other, so far has been all talk, no evidence... I do have a nagging feeling that this may be just a great hoax. Anyway I'm intrigued. Fascinating.