Don't Look Up

[Hydra009]

Kind of a silly non-update:  Asteroid has a 0.3% chance of hitting the moon

The potentially hazardous asteroid measures an estimated 180 feet (55 meters) across — about as wide as Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is tall

JFC, just convert to metric already.  Astronomers use it.  The military uses it.  Your local pharmacy uses it.  It's base 10, it's sensible, it's scalable, almost everyone else already knows it, and you don't have to make crazy analogies like comparing an asteroid to a disney castle.

You know what, I'll do it too to show how crazy this is.  The asteroid is as wide as a stack of 5500 pancakes turned on its side.  Do you see how crazy that is?  That's like "small boulder the size of a large boulder" crazy.

[Dark Lightning]

Kind of a silly non-update:  Asteroid has a 0.3% chance of hitting the moon
JFC, just convert to metric already.  Astronomers use it.  The military uses it.  Your local pharmacy uses it.  It's base 10, it's sensible, it's scalable, almost everyone else already knows it, and you don't have to make crazy analogies like comparing an asteroid to a disney castle.

You know what, I'll do it too to show how crazy this is.  The asteroid is as wide as a stack of 5500 pancakes turned on its side.  Do you see how crazy that is?  That's like "small boulder the size of a large boulder" crazy.

155 meters.  You know how long a meter is?  It's 155 of them.  If you have to have an analogy, let's go with something less trademarked and more international - the asteroid is slightly bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza (138.5 m)

Well, what is that in giraffes? I recall awhile back that some space junk was posted as being so many giraffes, but I'm not finding the article, now.

[the_antithesis]

[the_antithesis]

https://totallythebomb.com/asteroid-5-giraffes-wide

[Unbeliever]

How wide is a giraffe? 🦒

[the_antithesis]

1/5 of an asteroid.

[Dark Lightning]

How wide is a giraffe? 🦒

Depends on the giraffe. That's one stupid metric, I'll tell you! I'd like to know what passes for a mind that reports this kind of silliness.

[Dark Lightning]

No. Just NO.

[SoldierofFortune]

in no way an expert on state of the art rocket weaponry but i feel that any moving object can be destoryed while moving: )

[Unbeliever]

Well, it can be destroyed, but most of the resulting pieces will continue going the same direction, hitting whatever they were going to hit.

[the_antithesis]

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Well, it can be destroyed, but most of the resulting pieces will continue going the same direction, hitting whatever they were going to hit.

Nope, unless the projectile was rather close to the target. Ruining the aerodynamic structure of the rocket will slow it down dramatically. If the engine is still firing it will very likely blow up.

Solid or encased shells not so much, but mid-air collisions do tend to randomize a flight path.

[the_antithesis]

Nope, unless the projectile was rather close to the target. Ruining the aerodynamic structure of the rocket will slow it down dramatically. If the engine is still firing it will very likely blow up.

Solid or encased shells not so much, but mid-air collisions do tend to randomize a flight path.

Maybe it will hit the White House.

Oh no.

[Unbeliever]

They should rename it The Orange House.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

They should rename it The Orange House.

The Burnt Orange House.