It's the end of the world. April 12 2036.

[exitspeed]

No seriously. There's a 1 in 45,000 chance that the asteroid Apophis will hit Earth that day. We need Bruce Willis and Ben Aflack!



Asteroid could hit Earth in 2036, UN urged to act fastAdd to Clippings
[ 21 Feb, 2007 0336hrs ISTREUTERS ]
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SAN FRANCISCO: An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said.

The 20-million-tonne asteroid could be heading the way towards Kamchatkans and Venezuelans. Californians have even more reason to worry the asteroid is more likely to hit the Pacific Ocean, triggering a tsunami that could devastate the west coast of North America.

Calculations show it would strike somewhere along a narrow track that stretches eastward from Siberia to the west coast of Africa. Astronomers are monitoring the asteroid named Apophis, which has a 1 in 45,000 chance of striking Earth on April 13, 2036.

Although the odds of an impact by this particular asteroid are low, a recent congressional mandate for Nasa to upgrade its tracking of near-Earth asteroids is expected to uncover hundreds, if not thousands of threatening space rocks in the near future, former astronaut Rusty Schweickart said.

"It's not just Apophis we're looking at. Every country is at risk. We need a set of general principles to deal with this issue," Schweickart, a member of the Apollo 9 crew that orbited the Earth in March 1969, told an American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Francisco.

Schweickart plans to present an update next week to the UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on plans to develop a blueprint for a global response to an asteroid threat.

The Association of Space Explorers, a group of former astronauts and cosmonauts, intends to host a series of high-level workshops this year to flesh out the plan and will make a formal proposal to the UN in 2009, he said.

The favoured approach to dealing with a potentially deadly space rock is to dispatch a spacecraft that would use gravity to alter the asteroid's course so it no longer threatens Earth, said astronaut Ed Lu, a veteran of the International Space Station.

The so-called Gravity Tractor could maintain a position near the threatening asteroid, exerting a gentle tug that, over time, would deflect the asteroid. An asteroid the size of Apophis, which is about 460 feet long, would take about 12 days of gravity-tugging, Lu added.

[tacotacotaco]

Hmm i shouldnt worry by then i would have mastered my super saiyan techniques and ill just blast it off with a massive kamehameha!
Minus the fact that the earth should be overwhelmed by zombies by then.

[exitspeed]

Minus the fact that the earth should be overwhelmed by zombies by then.

Touche...:squint:

[Andrew @ 240sxMotoring]

Well I have it marked in my dayplanner so I'll be ready. ;)

[tacotacotaco]

Can you discuss the global climate effects and damages an asteroid this size would entail? Have they figured out what material this asteroid is made of? Id look but work has me tied up. Im sure this isnt an extinction size asteroid

[Edgar]

People always say its the end ALWAYS

[TiNMAN]

its the end of the world as we know it

[mRclARK1]

Minus the fact that the earth should be overwhelmed by zombies by then.

Everyone get practiced up for the zombies...
http://www.zilvia.net/f//showthread.php?t=134166

As for the asteroid... April 13, 2036... that would be funny if that's a Friday. :rofl:

[LB.Motoring]

Im sure thats why they picked it

[wootwoot]

and I feel fine.

[exitspeed]

Everyone get practiced up...
http://www.zilvia.net/f//showthread.php?t=134166

April 13, 2036... that would be funny if that's a Friday. :rofl:

Fill me in...I'm missing something.:ugh:

[mRclARK1]

^^^ the second part, about April 13 being a friday, was in reference to the asteroid... not the zombies. Sorry. lol

[Nachtmensch]

its the end of the world as we know it
and i feel fine


i hope it hits the moon! i can always go for two moons :)

[RPS13_SR20DET]

As for the asteroid... April 13, 2036... that would be funny if that's a Friday. :rofl:

Sorry April 13,2036 is a Sunday... people should start going to church

[Dutchmalmiss]

Damn the 2 moons idea would be awesome. We need Lilu (5th element) and stop the asteriod dead in its tracks haha!!

[wootwoot]

and i feel fine


i hope it hits the moon! i can always go for two moons :)


you tool I allready said that part. You were suppose to do the 1 oclock two oclock blah blah blahb albha the part no one knows.

[drift-it]

I saw this program on discovery channel about how nasa scientists were building a space ship/satillite to try and blow up a part of a huge comet, it wasn't in earths path but they were just testing it just in case.

[SochBAT]

I can't wait!

I remember a series of comics where the superheroes turned into Zombies.

Silver Surfer went to check out the planet for galactus but got caught and was eaten. The hero zombies then proceeded to devour Galactus.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/MZTPB.jpg
Zombies FTW!

[Replicant_S14]

Asteroid could hit Earth in 2036, UN urged to act

It's cool. The UN will pass a resolution asking the asteroid to please not hit us.

Now, as for the zombies? Every man for himself bitches!

p.s. Stay away from my food!

[SochBAT]

Do you have a GF? :wiggle:

[BOROSUN]

i always tell my wife that siding doors are not zombie-proof.

[kouki_s14]

wait i thought the world was ending in 2012? so we're coming back to life as zombies to die again in 2036? nice 24 years of the zombie lifestyle, i cant wait.

[steve shadows]

Touche...:squint:


I call them pop culture obsessed emo kids/tweakers but you can call them zombies...



funny that something like this happend in 05 iirc and no one even knew about it until after the fact...

Wonder what effects it would have gravitationally to the earth simply by passing by very closely...?

maybe accelerating the climate change?

the tsunami sure helped with regards to polar shift.

[steve shadows]

wait i thought the world was ending in 2012? so we're coming back to life as zombies to die again in 2036? nice 24 years of the zombie lifestyle, i cant wait.

I bet 2012 will be the most kick ass year ever, like ever

except for the giant nuclear war...we will all be having a freakin party, living it up like it was 200 B.C.

[illvialuver]

why does everyoenkeep talkin abou zombies, that shit through me off. im sorry.

[SochBAT]

i honestly can't wait for the freaking Zombies.

Its a legal way of hitting on underage girls! Pedophiles, in 2036, you can all come out of the closet.

[exitspeed]

why does everyoenkeep talkin abou zombies, that shit through me off. im sorry.

It's a Zilvia thing. We have a slight obsession with Zombies. :mepoke: You better get on our good side. Cause when it happens, you're gonna want us to have your back. We're prepared.:hahano:

[theicecreamdan]

yeah, having lots of +rep means we know you're probably not already infected.

[Farzam]

As for the asteroid... April 13, 2036... that would be funny if that's a Friday. :rofl:

It's a Sunday :cry:

[SochBAT]

Sunday, bloody sunday!

[koukimonster139]

i honestly can't wait for the freaking Zombies.

Its a legal way of hitting on underage girls! Pedophiles, in 2036, you can all come out of the closet.


yay! :coold:

[mRclARK1]

Originally posted by: exitspeed
It's a Zilvia thing. We have a slight obsession with Zombies. You better get on our good side. Cause when it happens, you're gonna want us to have your back. We're prepared.

Soon were gonna start modding our cars with gun racks in the trunk... or better yet, cause we see the signs, sell our 240's and start looking for something a little more apt to rolling over hordes of infected zombies....

Plan now, join Zilvia.... or die.

[satal95]

if the world blows up and were zombies can we still live out in outer space. I always wondered if zombies need oxygen also. If not, hell yeah i'll be a space zombie

[theicecreamdan]

yeah Zombies still need oxygen, muscles don't work without it.

[4thHorse]

No more slick bodykits just everyone sporting cow catchers and snow plows.

I just read some where that the Mayan's believed the end of the world was 2007, so make sure you have your copy of the Zombie survival guide.

[Akiros]

No more slick bodykits just everyone sporting cow catchers and snow plows.

I just read some where that the Mayan's believed the end of the world was 2007, so make sure you have your copy of the Zombie survival guide.
they believed it would be December 21st, 2012 A.D.

['90RPS13]

haha, wow. just fucking wow. 2007? I have known about the mayans beliefs since Spanish 1 in 9th grade dude. That was like 6-7 years ago now. Definately would be 2012.

[240trainee]

its the end of the world as we know it

+1 :naughty: :bigok:

[pr0ject TRUENO]

haha, wow. just fucking wow. 2007? I have known about the mayans beliefs since Spanish 1 in 9th grade dude. That was like 6-7 years ago now. Definately would be 2012.

you guys are all wrong. the mayans believed that there would be a potentially life-changing event that happens in 2012 that changes the way humans look at life.

[mRclARK1]

^^^ I submit that a zombie plague would do just that.... :rofl:

[SochBAT]

LOL!

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8199/donttouchthegirl7nb.gif
Gotta wait for Zombie Mode!

[Cam B]

HAHA!! Space Zombies, im soo down! The world is gonna be like one huge Thriller Video