Reply #9: One theory links these disasters to flybys of NEOs (near earth [View All]

[soothsayer]

objects), and we do have an asteroid winging by right now. Not as big as the 60 to 1 chance of hitting us 2029 one, but a big one.

Jan 12 we launch a mission (ominously called Deep Impact) that will blow up---ok, blow a hole in, supposedly---a comet or asteroid on July 4 of this year. Are we really trying to see if we can change the course of one of these, should we need to? Or are we tyring to change the course of the one we're aiming at, cuz we need to? Or do we just like blowing things up?