Look! Up In The Sky! It's A Bird, A Plane... it's Apophis!

[MA-Caver]

A 900 foot long asteroid just can't seem to make up it's mind WHEN to hit earth. Or actually scientists can't agree when it'll hit... if ever.

Known as "99942 Apophis," the 900-foot-long asteroid has had the attention of scientists for some time. According to an article from SPACE.com, back in 2004, NASA scientists announced that Apophis could hit the planet in 2029. But, after further number crunching, that prediction was later retracted.
The asteroid hurtled back into the news when Russia recently predicted 99942 Apophis may hit Earth on April 13, 2036. NASA acknowledges that there is a chance this may happen, but it is far from likely. Donald Yeomans, who heads up NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office, estimates the odds at around 1 in 250,000. And, don't worry — NASA does have a backup plan. Should the need arise, the space agency will construct machinery to change the asteroid's orbit.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/94276

Hmm 1 in 250K odds eh? I'd buy that for a dollar.
At least they can get Bruce Willis to help blow it up.

 

[Sukerkin]

Apophis is coming ... flee ... oh wait, no he's not ... eek!! Yes he is!!!

It is a supremely difficult task to try and calculate Earth-crossing asteroids but I do wish that the scientists working on it would stop with the on-again-off-again warnings. It undermines the whole mission in the end.

 

[Ken Morgan]

Wolf!!!

 

[Xue Sheng]

You mean….. the goauld are coming

 

[Bill Mattocks]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/quotes?qt0475978

[URL="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431226/"]Gozer

: The Choice is made!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Whoa! Ho! Ho! Whoa-oa!
Gozer: The Traveller has come!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Nobody choosed anything!
[turns to Egon]
Dr. Peter Venkman: Did you choose anything?
Dr. Egon Spengler: No.
Dr. Peter Venkman: [to Winston] Did YOU?
Winston Zeddemore: My mind is totally blank.
Dr. Peter Venkman: *I* didn't choose anything...
[long pause, Peter, Egon and Winston all look at Ray]
Dr Ray Stantz: I couldn't help it. It just popped in there.
Dr. Peter Venkman: [angrily] What? *What* "just popped in there?"
Dr Ray Stantz: I... I... I tried to think...
Dr. Egon Spengler: LOOK!
[they all look over one side of the roof]
Dr Ray Stantz: No! It CAN'T be!
Dr. Peter Venkman: What is it?
Dr Ray Stantz: It CAN'T be!
Dr. Peter Venkman: What did you DO, Ray?
Winston Zeddemore: Oh, ****!
[they all see a giant cubic white head topped with a sailor hat, Peter looks at Ray]
Dr Ray Stantz: [somberly] It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

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