Astronomers: Big asteroid could hit Mars.

[edbermac]

Mars could be in for an asteroid hit.

If the asteroid strikes Mars, it will probably hit near the equator close to where the rover Opportunity is exploring. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the red planet on January 30, scientists said Thursday.

"These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we track ... threatening asteroids," said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The asteroid, known as 2007 WD5, was discovered in late November and is similar in size to an object that hit remote central Siberia in 1908, unleashing energy equivalent to a 15-megaton nuclear bomb and wiping out 60 million trees.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/21/mars.asteroid.ap/index.html

Oh my God! The human race is doomed! This is exactly how they planned it and now they're planning a dress rehersal. Then afterwards they'll land on Earth hidden inside meteors, emerge, and then wipe out everything in site! And George Bush will be sitting in the Oval Office finishing up My Pet Goat while the world goes up in flames!

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[Bucky]

1. Haha! That asteroid's gonna hit Mars & not us! Hey guess what, Mars? Fuck you! You're gonna die!

Good riddance, I say.

[edbermac]

3. No, they're REHEARSING it on Mars first.

They're led by a bunch of neocon fundie Martians, who are first going to wipe out all tree-hugging hippie-liberal Martians. Then they come to Earth after us.

Here's a pic of the Martian version of Dick Cheney. Those neocon scum are all alike!

[Xipe Totec]

2. Asteroid mars Mars, details at eleven n/t