Re: Thought I'd join up since it looks like humanity is going to need flashlights Feb
Big enough to come down with the force of a nuclear blast. The Tunguska explosion/impact took out 830 sq miles of Siberian forest!!!
I hope it lands somewhere out of the way. It's possible that it will miss us entirely, but as the good Mr Murphy says, the whole universe is out to get us!
On the plus side - seeing as it is probably not an ELE (Extinction Level Event), it may galvanize our respective Governments together and put more money into our, IMHO, essential Space programs.
It seems to me that by using commercial and business outlines for space transport, we have forgotten why it is so important in profound ways beyond budgetary considerations. After all, you wouldn't build a big ship with no lifeboats would you? But the good ship Earth is all alone in the Ocean of space with just a couple of pleasure craft and some rowing boats on board.
In space no one can hear you swim....
Tell me, would you want a ticket?