Monday, July 25, 2011

The end of the world... Not metal eating bacteria?

Yes, I found another cause. Regardless of what it is, I don't believe it is known very well. The chance ratio was determined by a 13 year old, who corrected NASA. Nope, not me, he's in Germany, I'm not, but I'm still fascinated by this stuff. He determined a 1 in 50 chance of a meteor striking the earth in 2036, which obviously may end the world. The chance was so high because, if the meteor hit any satellites rotating earth, it would be launched on a trajectory for impact at earth, 5 years later. And there are 40,000 satellites rotating the earth.

But if this chance doesn't hit with the Apophis astroid, then the end of the world via meteor will be delayed.

http://www.finextra.com/community/fullblog.aspx?blogid=1219

5 comments:

  1. Unbelievable!

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  2. What if all these end of the world things combine?

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  3. Think what 13 year olds are doing nowadays, correcting NASA. Quite amazing if you think about it.

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  4. productivepatienceJuly 26, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    Wow, a 13 year old correcting NASA.

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  5. Ha! maybe NASA made more errors before this teen corrected it.

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