Looks like Hawkwind were right: space rock does indeed make a powerful impact.
SCIENTISTS have identified an asteroid that has a faint chance of ploughing into the Earth, leaving a two-kilometre-wide crater and wiping out life for 6000 square kilometres.
The asteroid measures 130 metres across and is travelling at 70,000 km/h. It would cause huge devastation if it hit the planet.
Called 2007 VK184, the space rock is 90 million kilometres from Earth and could hit in 2048."
(article link below)
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/12/29/1198778767701.html
― moley, Monday, 31 December 2007 06:12 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/content/images/2004_1936.JPG
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 31 December 2007 06:17 (eighteen years ago)
2048? Eh. I'll be dead by then who cares.
― Trayce, Monday, 31 December 2007 06:21 (eighteen years ago)
I'll be on the cusp of dying (if not long gone) - awesome way to go.
― milo z, Monday, 31 December 2007 06:29 (eighteen years ago)
I'll be 60 so I'll have been dead for 39 years
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 31 December 2007 06:30 (eighteen years ago)
^ high quality post
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 31 December 2007 06:32 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08r9kY9MhgM
― gabbneb, Monday, 31 December 2007 06:38 (eighteen years ago)
http://retekalers.webcindario.com/blog/ARM.jpg
― gr8080, Monday, 31 December 2007 06:42 (eighteen years ago)
wait is hawkwind on this asteroid
― rrrobyn, Monday, 31 December 2007 07:25 (eighteen years ago)
you shouldn't do that
― Mackro Mackro, Monday, 31 December 2007 07:31 (eighteen years ago)
"In case of sonic asteroid attack, follow these rules..."
― snoball, Monday, 31 December 2007 11:09 (eighteen years ago)
Wait, did that link just solve the mystery of the Tunguska event?
― Oilyrags, Monday, 31 December 2007 13:16 (eighteen years ago)