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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Jim147 on March 26, 2021, 05:30:36 PM
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I'm sure I'm not the only one.
https://justthenews.com/nation/science/nasa-declares-earth-safe-major-asteroid-next-100-years
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Except for maybe that one they didn't see coming. That's how SMOD rolls.
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Democrats: We got this
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Democrats: We got this It's Trump's fault
FIFY
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Except for maybe that one they didn't see coming. That's how SMOD rolls.
Ah, yes, the Torpedoid, 80° above the ecliptic, 83,000 km/h, just a trajectory, not even an orbit yet, >50 tonnes.
Maybe we're in its orbit. It's all relative, you know.
<cue Twilight Zone theme>
REF:
https://youtu.be/XVSRm80WzZk
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Ah, yes, the Torpedoid, 80° above the ecliptic, 83,000 km/h, just a trajectory, not even an orbit yet, >50 tonnes.
Maybe we're in its orbit. It's all relative, you know.
<cue Twilight Zone theme>
REF:
https://youtu.be/XVSRm80WzZk
That does it. I'm trading in my tinfoil hat for Kevlar ...
Woody
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That does it. I'm trading in my tinfoil hat for Kevlar ...
Woody
You don't already have both? You're behind the curve. [tinfoil]
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That does it. I'm trading in my tinfoil hat for Kevlar ...
Woody
You don't already have both? You're behind the curve. [tinfoil]
I have a tinfoil-lined Kevlar beanie. Works really well.
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No impending SMOD. Looks like we need a better plague. This last one was *expletive deleted*ing worthless.
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I have a tinfoil-lined Kevlar beanie. Works really well.
Ah, just what I'm lookin' for. Do they come with a brim? My eyes are sensitive to sudden blazing fireballs. :cool:
Woody
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No impending SMOD. Looks like we need a better plague. This last one was *expletive deleted*ing worthless.
Yeah I was hoping to use my chainsaw bayonet.
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(https://i.imgur.com/vwMin.gif)
Or not
Won't get closer than Jupiter's orbit darn it
Woah! Giant Comet/Minor Planet Is Approaching From Oort Cloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Ht_yqf_b4
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Won't get closer than Jupiter's Saturn's orbit darn it
FTFY
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Whoops, heard Saturn typed Jupiter. :facepalm:
Only ~450,000,000 miles off :P
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Whoops, heard Saturn typed Jupiter. :facepalm:
Only ~450,000,000 miles off :P
Government employee?
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Woody needs to be sanctioned in Friends due to the fact he is so woefully underprepared with his head gear. :police: :P
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Government employee?
Budget office
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Ah, but GOOD NEWS, RoadKingLarry !
https://justthenews.com/nation/science/nasa-declares-despite-safe-from-major-asteroids--there-are-about-two-millon-1000-foot-killer-asteroids-heading-our-way
See, they didn't mention that at first. Lying by omission, eh?
(Scaling: The size of the "Barringer" meteor in Arizona is estimated to have been 150 feet in diameter, causing the 1300 meter diameter crater.)
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Woody needs to be sanctioned in Friends due to the fact he is so woefully underprepared with his head gear. :police: :P
Fear not. I'm workin' on it. Pix to follow ...
Hmm, I've got some 2600° F ceramic insulation left over from lining my smelter. I could incorporate that, couldn't I? :cool:
Woody
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Wood an old steel helmet work as well as tinfoil? Maybe paint it shiny?
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Wood an old steel helmet work as well as tinfoil? Maybe paint it shiny?
I think some of that aluminum paint that dries looking like chrome might do it. Just in case, though, keep a bit of aluminum foil handy. [tinfoil]
Woody