Off the Cuff / My Other Journal

Asteroid!

"LOS ANGELES (AP) — A large asteroid hurtled harmlessly past the Earth early Monday at a distance of about 269,000 miles — slightly farther away than the moon...

Scientists believe an asteroid or comet impact probably wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago and gave rise to the age of mammals. But the probability of an asteroid hitting the Earth and causing a global disaster in the near future is extremely low, they say.

Asteroids the size of 2004 XP14 collide with Earth about every 84,000 years."

What makes them so sure that an asteroid hitting the earth is far out? Our scientists can't even handle stuff in a smaller scale and they know how the cosmos works?

They didn't even find the crack in the shuttle, which was planned to take off yesterday. It didn't because of the bad weather. Then, they found the crack this morning and they are now thinking (!) not to send it at all.

As to the asteroid, I think our stupidity scared it away.