Astronaut speaking out on Astroids

[Vercades]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1406900/posts

Quite a long read but here some of the snippets I got out of it.

Asteroid 2004 MN4 was discovered through the efforts of NASA’s Spaceguard Survey.

The object is estimated to be roughly 1,000 feet (320 meters) in diameter. Were it to hit the planet, it would not cause global devastation but would generate considerable local or regional damage, experts say.


The odds of a collision in 2036 are about 1-in-10,000, Schweickart says.
In fact, there are several scenarios between 2034 and 2065 in which 2004 MN4 has even smaller odds of striking. Schweickart and other scientists stress, however, that future observations are likely to reduce all these odds to zero

SPACE.com was provided a copy of the paper Schweickart will present. In it, he carries out an informal analysis of the situation. He notes that the asteroid will be mostly out of view from 2006 to 2012. When it re-emerges, fresh observation will likely reduce the 2036 impact chance to zero, he said. "However, there is a slim chance that we will not be able to draw this conclusion and that an impact will still be possible," he writes.

[renegade600]

I will not be around then anyway so...

[uripyores]

You will if reincarnation is a reality. You'll just be someone else and younger.

[renegade600]

Originally Posted by uripyores

You will if reincarnation is a reality. You'll just be someone else and younger.

thanks for ruining my day...

[uripyores]

soorry