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>Subject: Why Bother? 
In article <s0499528.3.0@let.rug.nl> R. Dijkhuis, s0499528@let.rug.nl
writes:
>I wonder why you still bother to find ways to destroy the world. It is
good 
>fun obviously, but the latest apocalytic news I've heard is that a
whopping 
>comet will hit earth in 2116, annihilating everything alive.
>
>So maybe we should leave the big job to nature and concentrate on random 
>mutilation of people in our own neighbourhoods instead.

Looks like I missed something of trivial importance. Could someone post
a small update with the approximate time of collision. I would like to
see this.

Concentrate on random mutilation of people in our own neighbourhoods?
Got any ideas how we should go about planning this?

Allan Phillips

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I posted this once under the title of 'relax' as soon as I heard about it.
I don't know if that post has expired, but here is some info.

So states Gerry Santoro - CAC/PSU <GMS@psuvm.psu.edu>:

>Subject: FYI: possible end of Earth in 134 years?

>I am reposting this since there seems to have been little mention of
>it in the media.  For the first time astronomers have acknowledged
>at least the possibility of an impact with a comet (Swift-Tuttle) that
>is estimated to be between 6 and 23 kilometers in diameter.  This possible
>encounter won't happen until August 14, 2126.

>**** Forwarded Message Follows ****

>From: "Aliza R. Panitz" <buglady@silver.lcs.mit.edu>
>Message-Id: <9210201959.AA26457@silver.lcs.mit.edu>

> SKY & TELESCOPE NEWS BULLETIN
> OCTOBER 17, 1992

>SWIFT-TUTTLE GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS

Who needs the good news?

>Enjoy the comet this time around, because humanity may not be looking
>forward to Swift-Tuttle's next appearance. According to Brian Marsden, who
>successfully predicted its current apparition, if cometary outgassings
>cause the comet to reach its perihelion in the year 2126 15 days later than
>his nominal prediction, it could collide with the Earth. (Swift-Tuttle was
>17 days late this time around.)  There is MUCH uncertainty in this dire
>prediction, so much so that Marsden has requested that astronomers follow
>the comet for as long as possible to refine the orbit.  Nevertheless,
>should Earth luck out and slip clear of the Swift-Tuttle, there will be
>quite a celestial show in the 22nd century. And as Marsden notes, "It will
>be the mother of all Perseids."

>*** Deleted impertinent material ***

Hey our job was just made a whole lot easier. Now all we have to do is sit back
and enjoy the fireworks.

I don't want to discorage any *faster* ideas however.

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   ---> Merlin <---       |   It's not the length of the wand that matters,
                          |       - it's the magic that's in the stick.
->DEY101@PSUVM            |

In article <92303.231234DEY101@psuvm.psu.edu> DEY101@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>*** Deleted impertinent material ***
>
>Hey our job was just made a whole lot easier. Now all we have to do is sit back
>and enjoy the fireworks.
>
>I don't want to discorage any *faster* ideas however.
>->DEY101@PSUVM            |

"Do you want to go....FASTER? Nyah ha ha ha ha!"

Nagging trivia question: What movie is the above from?

On Comet Slow-Tuttle:  Hopefully we will be off the planet by the
time it comes back around so we won't have to worry about it.
Or maybe we'll get a "shift-the-earth's orbit" plan that will
actually work!  And then maybe it'll miss by just enough
to RIP THE ATMOSPHERE LOOSE and SUFFOCATE the COCKROACHES
that will be the ONLY SURVIVORS!!!  Yeeeah!

But this could also be _used_ by us to get support for our
research into interplanetary/interstellar/intergalactic
travel.  Just imagine:

NOW:"Swift Tuttle is going to be back in around a hundred years
and (sniff) we've GOT to do something to (sob) SAVE humanity!
Give us only only (mumble mumble) dollars and we 
will HUMBLY research a way to go where NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE!"

WHEN THE SHIP IS FINISHED: "Yeah, well bite me.  We're leaving
and there's nothing you can do about it."

In article <1992Oct29.161622.26712@bmerh85.bnr.ca> Allan Phillips <allanp@BNR.CA (INTERNET)> writes:
>>Subject: Why Bother? 
>In article <s0499528.3.0@let.rug.nl> R. Dijkhuis, s0499528@let.rug.nl
>writes:
>>I wonder why you still bother to find ways to destroy the world. It is good 
>>fun obviously, but the latest apocalytic news I've heard is that a whopping 
>>comet will hit earth in 2116, annihilating everything alive.
>
>Looks like I missed something of trivial importance. Could someone post
>a small update with the approximate time of collision. I would like to
>see this.

I too, would be interested in finding out more about this.
Source, added info, etc.
				Karl