Comments on: Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth Monday http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: GadgetNuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-140455 GadgetNut Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-140455 or are we both wrong?? or are we both wrong??

]]> By: GadgetNuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-270775 GadgetNut Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-270775 or are we both wrong?? or are we both wrong??

]]> By: GadgetNuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-140444 GadgetNut Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:19:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-140444 >Comment by spaceman >doesn’t the title imply it hit us? Yes, actually, you are correct. They should have said 'nearly crashed' as they did in the first line of the story, or something along the lines of 'narrowly avoided.' 'Journalists' can't be bothered with the picky details of grammar and sentence structure these days.. ;-) Don't get me started.. ;-) >Comment by spaceman

>doesn’t the title imply it hit us?

Yes, actually, you are correct. They should have said 'nearly crashed' as they did in the first line of the story, or something along the lines of 'narrowly avoided.' 'Journalists' can't be bothered with the picky details of grammar and sentence structure these days.. ;-) Don't get me started.. ;-)

]]> By: GadgetNuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-270773 GadgetNut Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:19:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-270773 >Comment by spaceman >doesn’t the title imply it hit us?Yes, actually, you are correct. They should have said 'nearly crashed' as they did in the first line of the story, or something along the lines of 'narrowly avoided.' 'Journalists' can't be bothered with the picky details of grammar and sentence structure these days.. ;-) Don't get me started.. ;-) >Comment by spaceman
>doesn’t the title imply it hit us?

Yes, actually, you are correct. They should have said ‘nearly crashed’ as they did in the first line of the story, or something along the lines of ‘narrowly avoided.’ ‘Journalists’ can’t be bothered with the picky details of grammar and sentence structure these days.. ;-) Don’t get me started.. ;-)

]]> By: GadgetNuthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-270774 GadgetNut Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:19:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-270774 >Comment by spaceman >doesn’t the title imply it hit us?Yes, actually, you are correct. They should have said 'nearly crashed' as they did in the first line of the story, or something along the lines of 'narrowly avoided.' 'Journalists' can't be bothered with the picky details of grammar and sentence structure these days.. ;-) Don't get me started.. ;-) >Comment by spaceman
>doesn’t the title imply it hit us?

Yes, actually, you are correct. They should have said ‘nearly crashed’ as they did in the first line of the story, or something along the lines of ‘narrowly avoided.’ ‘Journalists’ can’t be bothered with the picky details of grammar and sentence structure these days.. ;-) Don’t get me started.. ;-)

]]> By: spacemanhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-140402 spaceman Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:16:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-140402 doesn't the title imply it hit us? doesn't the title imply it hit us?

]]> By: spacemanhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-270772 spaceman Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:16:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-270772 doesn't the title imply it hit us? doesn’t the title imply it hit us?

]]> By: Pendragonhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-140286 Pendragon Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-140286 It's commonly believed that the Tunguska object never actually hit the ground, but exploded in the atmosphere before impact. It was the shock wave from this explosion that devastated 800 square miles of forest, flattening trees like matchsticks. It's commonly believed that the Tunguska object never actually hit the ground, but exploded in the atmosphere before impact. It was the shock wave from this explosion that devastated 800 square miles of forest, flattening trees like matchsticks.

]]> By: Pendragonhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-270771 Pendragon Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-270771 It's commonly believed that the Tunguska object never actually hit the ground, but exploded in the atmosphere before impact. It was the shock wave from this explosion that devastated 800 square miles of forest, flattening trees like matchsticks. It’s commonly believed that the Tunguska object never actually hit the ground, but exploded in the atmosphere before impact. It was the shock wave from this explosion that devastated 800 square miles of forest, flattening trees like matchsticks.

]]> By: Kiltakhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-140024 Kiltak Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:27:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-140024 Not an 800-mile crater, but an explosion that blew away 800 miles of forest.. that's different! Not an 800-mile crater, but an explosion that blew away 800 miles of forest.. that's different!

]]> By: michaelhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-140018 michael Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:04:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-140018 I'm pretty sure an 800-mile crater can cover more than the 2 minutes of difference between our coordinates. :D I'm pretty sure an 800-mile crater can cover more than the 2 minutes of difference between our coordinates. :D

]]> By: Kiltakhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/06/asteroid-nearly-misses-earth-monday/#comment-270768 Kiltak Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:27:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11073#comment-270768 Not an 800-mile crater, but an explosion that blew away 800 miles of forest.. that's different! Not an 800-mile crater, but an explosion that blew away 800 miles of forest.. that’s different!

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