Saturday, December 13, 2008

Giant Asteroids and International Security





A panel of international scientists has suggested that the UN start preparing for a global defense against the threat of asteroids on collision courses with Earth. Though a large asteroid collision is extremely unlikely (the panel calculate a likelihood of two or three events every 1,000 years), the consequences of such an occurrence could be catastrophic, with potential to threaten all life on the planet.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah yeah, scary, I know.
But there are a million different ways that have a much bigger statistical chance of killing you than some asteroid hitting earth.

Carpe diem. ;)

I'm serious actually. :/

Mac said...

But there are a million different ways that have a much bigger statistical chance of killing you than some asteroid hitting earth.

But a million different ways of extinguishing all life on the planet within our means to avert? Name three.