If an asteroid hits the Earth... - Page 2

Infernus · 2006-07-09, 10:30 AM

I say we build a large defensive ring around the moon, to shoot down all asteroids fired at Earth by arachnid plasma.

kurushio95 · 2006-07-09, 12:32 PM

ooo...can the weapons be shaped like gophers?i don't know why, but that would be kind of cool

BUGGER · 2006-07-09, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by Infernus

ALSO: I think some of that footage was stolen from the beginning of Titan A.E.

Yeah really.

That movie so kicks like Armegeddon's ass.

LimpBIT · 2006-07-09, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by kurushio95

ooo...can the weapons be shaped like gophers?i don't know why, but that would be kind of cool

*smack*

KSoDBartman · 2006-07-10, 08:25 PM

Hey, PSU, good to see you again! Where'd that politics section go? That place rocked!

Anyway, I think the film got some things wrong. The surface of Earth wouldn't just be on fire, it would melt if such a large object smashed into us.

Second, the object looked to be maybe a bit more than half the size of the Moon. Anything that big would be CLEARLY visible long before it hit us.

Third, objects of that size have long since been swept of the inner Solar System. The only danger represented to us by something that large is a wayward planetoid that has no parent star that happened to wander into our neighborhood and smash into us. Sure, it's possible, but I'd put money on Bush getting back his 90% popularity rating before I'd bet on this scenario.