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PeaceWave

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) PeaceWave Jun 19 OP
Don't be fooled. It's a billiards game. Baitball Blogger Jun 19 #1
Like in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Towlie Jun 19 #17
Coming to save us dweller Jun 19 #2
The concern now is that massive amounts of debris from Gaugamela Jun 19 #3
That would be interesting... especially if it were election time. ananda Jun 19 #7
Get ready for some new doomsday cult to catch on... RockRaven Jun 19 #4
The Moonies !!! BoRaGard Jun 19 #13
Oh he'll never return no he'll never return and his fate is still unlearned Prairie Gates Jun 19 #5
Don't look up. Scrivener7 Jun 19 #6
I wonder what a near miss of the Moon would do to the asteroid's orbit? muriel_volestrangler Jun 19 #8
A good point Disaffected Jun 19 #9
Don't look up. mercuryblues Jun 19 #10
It's Space 1999! Liberal In Texas Jun 19 #11
September 13, 1999: Never forget. Xavier Breath Jun 19 #16
This story's just cover. They're bombing the moon! nt Rob H. Jun 19 #12
Probably diverted itself to avoid Leon's exploding rocket. Norbert Jun 19 #14
Thanks for the update canetoad Jun 19 #15

Baitball Blogger

(50,443 posts)
1. Don't be fooled. It's a billiards game.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:09 PM
Jun 19

First the moon, and then the earth in the center pocket.

Towlie

(5,539 posts)
17. Like in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:51 PM
Jun 19

"Oh, I've heard of worse," said Ford, "I read of one planet off in the seventh dimension that got used as a ball in a game of intergalactic bar billiards. Got potted straight into a black hole. Killed ten billion people."

"That's mad," said Mella.

"Yes, only scored thirty points too."

dweller

(26,832 posts)
2. Coming to save us
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:12 PM
Jun 19

At the end of Pisswig’s third term and before his fourth term can begin .

Praise the asteroids ☄️

🫤



✌🏻

Gaugamela

(2,876 posts)
3. The concern now is that massive amounts of debris from
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:17 PM
Jun 19

the moon could be hurled towards the earth. It would all burn up in the atmosphere and make for an amazing meteor shower, but it could also destroy satellites and create a cascading effect that destroys global communication and GPS.

ananda

(32,566 posts)
7. That would be interesting... especially if it were election time.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:25 PM
Jun 19

Hmmm

RockRaven

(17,620 posts)
4. Get ready for some new doomsday cult to catch on...
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:17 PM
Jun 19

BoRaGard

(6,234 posts)
13. The Moonies !!!
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 04:44 PM
Jun 19

Oh wait, I forgot. That is like, so yesterday. Or is it?

Prairie Gates

(5,645 posts)
5. Oh he'll never return no he'll never return and his fate is still unlearned
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:20 PM
Jun 19

He'll drop an OP and collect the comments
But to the thread, he'll never return.

(With apologies to the Kingston Trio)

Scrivener7

(56,361 posts)
6. Don't look up.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:23 PM
Jun 19

muriel_volestrangler

(104,089 posts)
8. I wonder what a near miss of the Moon would do to the asteroid's orbit?
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:25 PM
Jun 19

"Slingshot" flybys are quite weird.

Disaffected

(5,744 posts)
9. A good point
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 03:07 PM
Jun 19

because the aftermath of a near miss would be impossible to model i.e. predict in advance as it would be critically dependent on how close the miss actually was (akin to the "three-body" problem).

mercuryblues

(15,725 posts)
10. Don't look up.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 03:32 PM
Jun 19

Liberal In Texas

(15,398 posts)
11. It's Space 1999!
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 04:27 PM
Jun 19

Xavier Breath

(5,828 posts)
16. September 13, 1999: Never forget.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:49 PM
Jun 19

Rob H.

(5,683 posts)
12. This story's just cover. They're bombing the moon! nt
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 04:27 PM
Jun 19

Norbert

(7,157 posts)
14. Probably diverted itself to avoid Leon's exploding rocket.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 04:51 PM
Jun 19

canetoad

(19,278 posts)
15. Thanks for the update
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:43 PM
Jun 19

Every so often I remember to check the status of this asteroid although by the time it hits I'll be nearly 80 and won't be able to get out of it's way. Bummer.

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