NASA is going to be using a simulation of an “asteroid apocalypse” in order to help the space agency prepare for the cataclysmic event. And they are taking it seriously, as disaster planners from FEMA will join NASA for a dress rehearsal of doomsday.
International partners, including the European Space Agency (ESA), will also be a part of the simulation. The drill is said to be a “tabletop exercise” that will simulate just how a planetary asteroid emergency would play out in real time. Although an emergency on this scale has never happened, and factors such as the location of impact will have a massive effect on the response to such a globally catastrophic event.
According to the Metro UK, disaster planners from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will join with NASA to hold a “make-believe apocalypse” intended to “inform involved players of important aspects of a possible disaster and identify issues for accomplishing a successful response.” The scenario will begin with the fictional premise that on March 26, astronomers “discovered” a near-Earth object (a comet or asteroid which comes within 30 million miles of Earth and one they consider potentially hazardous to Earth), NASA wrote.
At first, scientists said there is only a one in 50,000 chance this thing will hit us. Within weeks, those odds become one in 100, reported Science Alert. There are bits of good news and bad news about this approaching object, dubbed 2019 PDC. The good news is 2019 PDC doesn’t exist at all. It’s a completely fictional, imaginary apocalypse. The chance of impact, in actuality, is zero. But it makes for a good simulation and practice for an asteroid apocalypse.
Participants (NASA and FEMA) in this exercise will discuss potential preparations for asteroid reconnaissance and deflection missions and planning for mitigation of a potential impact’s effects.
NASA’s been running these simulations for years, and with good reason: Earth, as it happens, is in the midst of an epic asteroid surge compared to the relative peace and quiet the planet experienced many millions of years ago.
When unexpected space rocks do appear on our scopes, sometimes we only get hours’ notice of their existence before they streak past. While the chances of a catastrophic impact are exceedingly slim, we’re nonetheless unprepared for surprise asteroid strikes, which is why NASA is continually working on plans to help improve our NEO detection and mitigation capabilities. –Science Alert
“The first step in protecting our planet is knowing what’s out there,” says the ESA’s Head of Planetary Defence, Rüdiger Jehn. “Only then, with enough warning, can we take the steps needed to prevent an asteroid strike altogether, or to minimize the damage it does on the ground.”
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this is so fake. nearly half of us have woken up to the fact that space is not real and we know this is just more propaganda to justify massive amounts of fraudulent spending.
FEMA can’t handle a localized hurricane, let alone an asteroid and NASA has been surprised by them before. Just another dog and pony show.
The Sweet Meteor of Death is addressed, “To Whom It May Concern”. I’ll just duck at the appropriate time.
SMOD, the best Presidential candidate to date.
They do need to justify their expenditures somehow.
We’ll toss a million at this public event, bread and circuses..
Then funnel 30million to the black budget, and Oh our clerks also need 30 machine guns, 400 hand guns not to forget a million rounds tor “target practice”
they’d be better off to spend the money on our antiquated power grids.
Gee how about call Hollyweird and ask to watch the take out scenes and than the movies about asteroids and order up enough full of shit actors to explain how it felt to do these Disaster movies and than go to universal studios theme park and there you have it what to expect the sound and fury of Bullshit. Or if all else fails READ THE BIBLE all the truth is there.
The Sweet Meteor of Death is addressed, “To Whom It May Concern”. I’ll just duck at the appropriate time;
Sad but true, we did this to ourselves, duck or swallow, they are both birds. If people didnt’t make 100,000$ on one reply. maybe we’d have a chance..yet nothing is working. Ever seen an eagle on fire, oh yeah they’re made of metal since 1977.
fun when ur not the target.
get a parrot, they cant think, just babble like a 4yr old.
The Sweet Meteor of Death is addressed, “To Whom It May Concern”. I’ll just duck at the appropriate time;
Sad but true, we did this to ourselves, duck or swallow, they are both birds. If people didnt’t make 100,000$ on one reply. maybe we’d have a chance..yet nothing is working. Ever seen an eagle on fire, oh yeah they’re made of metal since 1977.
fun when ur not the target.
get a parrot, they cant think, just babble like a 4yr old.
The real question is…
Will it go live as they are doing this exercise?
This is not real. Just fake.. wasting time that’s it…
The real question is can we weaponize asteroids. The Fly in the ointment is Washington is incapable of identifying who our real enemies are, because they are a bunch of satanist shill, butt heads.
If a Democrat is running the White House expect an asteroid to hit the US, so they will have a crisis to exploit.
The real question is can we weaponize asteroids. The Fly in the ointment is Washington is incapable of identifying who our real enemies are, because they are a bunch of satanist shill, butt heads.
If a Democrat is running the White House expect an asteroid to hit the US, so they will have a crisis to exploit.
Funny thing that, the left doesn’t want the Donald to get
more power so nothing major will happen.
Just shootings, little crap.
If there were a major event, Don would have near complete control under emergency powers and I think he’d use it.
No ninth circus playing there shitty political games would stop
for some time.
You know the left is already insane but they would get worse.