Re: Planetary Protection Officer

Allan Goodall wrote:
> 
[...]
> I also saw, in the same programme, that there's a good chance of a
planet
> killer striking the Earth in, I think it was, 2840. It was sometime in
the
> 2800s anyway. Not that any of _us_ will have to worry about it, but
that seems
> awfully close by historically speaking.

Asteroid 1950 DA, tenatively scheduled for Earth Rendezvous And Docking
(ERAD) around 2880*. Beat the rush, get your travel plans and vacation
packages squared away now! On Feb 24/25 GZG ECC DCCCLXXXII will be going
on with a bang!

Indy

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