13 year old kid proves NASA wrong

[MrWasabi]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080415/t ... ff8aa.html
Looks like we are all dommed!
ride as much as you can, and if you can postpone seeing the inlaws, then make it around 2036...

[aggerz]

scary isnt it.. considering all the millions of dollars these departments get funded..

[Blurr]

god damn... i havent finalised my WILL yet and I just paid for a track day.

[Zombie]

....................which will crash into the Atlantic Ocean.

The shockwaves from that would create huge tsunami waves, destroying both coastlines and inland areas, whilst creating a thick cloud of dust that would darken the skies indefinitely.

I knows im blonde and therefore a bit thick, but surely, the asteroid will cause a "big" splash which will then trigger the tsunami waves (big waves - excellent surfing weather!!!!!) which are very wet. How on earth (pardon the pun) can that cause dust clouds?????????
Seriously guys and gals can anybody answer this? - I wasn't interested in geography when I was at school - earths layers, weather patterns etc, massive yawn to me - so dropped it from my studies. but i would be interested in hearing the logic behind tidal waves causing dust clouds.

And if NASA and ESA can send all various types of stuff into space, surely they can commission Dyson to design a massive vacuum cleaner and launch that farker!!!!!!

Problem - if there is one - solved.

[throttlejockey]

how much did nasa spend on developing a pen (biro) that works in space, due to zero gravity?
a $hitload!!

the russians used a pencil, bless their cotton socks!

TRUE!

[smek]

the asteroid will cause a "big" splash which will then trigger the tsunami waves (big waves - excellent surfing weather!!!!!) which are very wet. How on earth (pardon the pun) can that cause dust clouds?????????

The asteroid hitting the earth would displace a massive amount of rock, straight into the atmosphere in fine particle form. the ocean would do nothing to stop it hitting the sea floor. From what I remember, the water would be vaporised before the asteroid even hit it. It's pretty hard to imagine just how immense the destruction at the site of the impact would be.

[Neka79]

why dont we send ben affleck and bruce willis to sort it out....??

[craig]

they saved us once before i saw it on the tv

[aggerz]

how much did nasa spend on developing a pen (biro) that works in space, due to zero gravity?
a $hitload!!

the russians used a pencil, bless their cotton socks!

TRUE!

False actually, along with many others like it..

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

[robracer]

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

Thats a cool link, one that gets the bookmark for sure.