A plot point from the book Lucifer's Hammer is the constant reassurances that the comet is going to miss... right up until it hits.
Every time I read the reduced chance of 2024 YR4 hitting I think of Niven and Pournelle's book.
Yay?
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I'd be worried if the predictions weren't coming from roughly the same people that said:
ReplyDeleteThe Ozone Layer is being destroyed.
The Ice Ages are coming (1970's.)
Solar output can't affect Skylab's orbit.
Rogue waves don't exist.
Weesa gonna die from man-made global warming.
Increasing levels of CO2 are going to kill us and cause us to burn up.
And on and on.
They've done the "This (X) asteroid is going to potentially strike Earth" thing lots of times before.
Good surf after though.....
ReplyDeleteTo counter Beans's point, I'm worried because the predictions are coming from roughly the same people. They say it won't hit us, but they're always wrong.
ReplyDelete"Lucifer's Hammer" is one of my favorite books. When I was in high school back in 197x, my uncle gave me his copy after he finished reading it.