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> "There is still a 96.2% chance that the asteroid will miss the moon," NASA said in a statement on Thursday. All is well! > It is now believed to be 53 to 67
by treetalker 2y ago
> "There is still a 96.2% chance that the asteroid will miss the moon," NASA said in a statement on Thursday.
All is well!
> It is now believed to be 53 to 67 meters, roughly the height of a 15-story building.
Good thing we have so much confidence in our leadership and intergovernmental cooperative relationships!
- beefalker 2y ago[flagged]
- znkynz 2y agoA 15 story building... is the most odd relative measurement to use - wtf?
- hunter-gatherer 2y agoI used to live in a 14 story building, so I have a pretty good approximation of the size.
- mountainriver 2y ago150 foot longs
- 3eb7988a1663 2y agoIs that a pre or post lawsuit foot long? (Subway was sued that the "foot longs" were only 11-11.5 inches in length: https://www.startribune.com/subway-to-ensure-footlongs-measure-up-after-lawsuit/370511581 https://www.startribune.com/subway-to-ensure-footlongs-measu...)
- janderson215 2y ago$750 before tax
- janderson215 2y agoIt’s about 1/4 furlong
- mehwoot 2y agoIt's about 1 olympic sized swimming pool long, although I guess we're only allowed to use that for volume
- owlninja 2y agoAbout 200 hundred ducks stacked on top of each other.
- mark-r 2y agoNo weirder than measuring things by feet.
- aledalgrande 2y agoYou'd be happy to know we measure the size of horses in hands
- janderson215 2y agoAfrican or European?
- Galatians4_16 2y agoHow many SG1 Furlings is that?
- simondotau 2y agoCan you suggest something better? I’ve seen a 15 story building, so I’ve got some idea of scale.
- ac2u 2y agoAround 14 million SEGA Dreamcasts
- znkynz 2y ago~53-67 Metres?
- eknkc 2y agoYou know what, 15 story building is more intuitive. For a couple of meters it works, I can imagine a 3 meter wide asteroid just fine. But at 50 meters it becomes a distance unit for me and I can’t easily imagine an object with a 50m dimension. I’ve seen actual 15 story buildings though.
- nkrisc 2y agoI find it useful, I could immediately picture a several buildings about that height I know.
- simondotau 2y agoIn all seriousness, I don’t believe a collision with the moon is something we need to be concerned about.
- davidw 2y agoSomeone didn't read Neal Stephenson's book.
- intrasight 2y agoUnless what hits it is a miniature black hole or is made of solid metal, the moon should be fine. It gets hit by much bigger thing is on the regular - geologically speaking. Seveneves was a fun book!
- aaronbrethorst 2y agoThis is my regular reminder to stop reading 2/3 of the way through the book. It will feel like a traditional, abrupt Stephenson ending, but you will save yourself hours of time and potentially blindness-inducing eye-rolling.
- Carrok 2y agoI don't know why everyone seems to hate the last 1/3 so much. I find it a very interesting, fresh take on things. I enjoy it every time.