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Title: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: SkiesAhoy on February 15, 2013, 01:22:19 PM: City of CheliÃ¡binsk, Russia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np_mpGYSBSA

Wait for 0:27
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: Old Crow on February 15, 2013, 03:02:22 PM: Crazy isnt it?
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: Christovski on February 15, 2013, 03:07:51 PM: Yeah it nailed a building, hundreds of people were hit by glass but so far no fatalities reported. Good thing it was just a teeny meteorite!
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: Coreybush11 on February 15, 2013, 07:01:01 PM: This is why we need a giant laser space station, BUT NOOOO, THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY SHUT THAT DOWN.
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: Old Crow on February 15, 2013, 07:08:35 PM: Quote from: Coreybush11 on February 15, 2013, 07:01:01 PM
This is why we need a giant laser space station, BUT NOOOO, THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY SHUT THAT DOWN.

Then we will build our own space station! With blackjack and hookers!

hey if everybody in the US donates 5 bucks each, we could build something kickass
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: Sammy on February 15, 2013, 07:11:16 PM: A meteorite should be passing us tonight, about 20,000 miles from the surface...
But yeah, apparently they're mere coincidences...

But you'd think there would have been some warning of it coming...
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: Christovski on February 15, 2013, 07:25:19 PM: Well the big thing missing us today is an asteroid, asteroids can destroy the planet so its a big deal to keep track of those

What hit russia was a meteorite part of a meteor shower, where they were all thought to be small and just burn up in atmosphere like most meteor shower, but NOPE one was big enough to boom over russia
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: Sniper no Sniping on February 15, 2013, 07:31:40 PM: Quote from: Coreybush11 on February 15, 2013, 07:01:01 PM
This is why we need a giant laser space station, BUT NOOOO, THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY SHUT THAT DOWN.
http://www.technewsdaily.com/16611-military-lasers-warplanes.html
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: SkiesAhoy on February 15, 2013, 07:50:02 PM: The problem with this things is that obvious correlation between size and damage is not always well...obvious. The kinetic energy of even a tiny pebble as this meteor was, astronomically speaking, can be devastating. At 30 meters per second...imagine an actual asteroid entering atmosphere at that speed. Christ.
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: Sammy on February 15, 2013, 08:02:51 PM: Quote from: SkiesAhoy on February 15, 2013, 07:50:02 PM
The problem with this things is that obvious correlation between size and damage is not always well...obvious. The kinetic energy of even a tiny pebble as this meteor was, astronomically speaking, can be devastating. At 30 meters per second...imagine an actual asteroid entering atmosphere at that speed. Christ.

30,000 mph if I remember rightly.... the one that landed today.
Title: Re: A warm reminder of how thinly we hold to life here on Earth
Post by: Cortez (Mr. T. FOO!) on February 15, 2013, 09:08:42 PM: Quote from: Sammy on February 15, 2013, 08:02:51 PM
Quote from: SkiesAhoy on February 15, 2013, 07:50:02 PM
The problem with this things is that obvious correlation between size and damage is not always well...obvious. The kinetic energy of even a tiny pebble as this meteor was, astronomically speaking, can be devastating. At 30 meters per second...imagine an actual asteroid entering atmosphere at that speed. Christ.

30,000 mph if I remember rightly.... the one that landed today.

Ahaha yeah, most highways have speed limits of about 30 m/s.