Mars' closest approach for a Billion years....

[Tim]

I know what you're all thinking already, "Oh that old email scam again".

But not so! This one's for real;

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | 'Tiny chance' of planet collision

Looks like our conterparts in a few years time will need a very wide angle lens to get all the planet in view

[ashenlight]

:eek:What a view

[lulu57]

Blimey - what a smack!

Imagine the insurance claim...

[661-pete]

So the E-mail spams are correct after all! They just got the date wrong.

When will be the time to put sticky tape on the windows and a paper bag over my head? As the barman in HHGTTG famously put it, will that help?

[stuartsmith01]

ill cancel the milk.

[lulu57]

When will be the time to put sticky tape on the windows and a paper bag over my head? As the barman in HHGTTG famously put it, will that help?

Time to get your electronic thumb out...

[Sam]

The resulting planet will be a bit bigger which would free up some space - I'd better get the webcam ready - it's going to be quite a big mosaic!

[SteveP]

Imagine the insurance claim...

Bet they have a get out clause!

[profees]

Where do you think i could get the best view,

[lulu57]

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

[arad85]

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

Well.. surely Milliways can help us out on that one

[Tim]

Don't worry, by then they'll be able to clone a few Bruce Willis' and send them to drill holes in Mars to blow it up.

[gman]

I should imagine that would be a pretty impressive sight from a distance.

I'm quite in the mood for such disaster scenarios at the moment having just read Phil Plait's Death From the Skies. Very good book.

gareth

[brianb]

Wow, I'm really worried, something that might happen but not for three billion years .... the increase in solar radiation as the Sun ages will have boiled the oceans away by then, so I doubt very much there'll be anyone around to care.

[themos]

What's that going to do to house prices?

[Bigwings]

Wake me up if it happens

[Macavity]

Repeated on the night-owl BBC news last night.

Have you heard? It's in the stars,

Next July we collide with Mars!

Well, did you evah?

What a swell party this is!

Aside: I had thought that the inner solar system was a TAD more "permanent". But I guess (seem to remember) that planets have always migrated quite a bit. An interesting topic, if rarely referenced...

[philsail1]

I hope it doesn't happen the evening that "Big Brother" is on.

philsail1

[jgs001]

Is this going to happen before, after or because of M31 and the pan galactic gargle blaster collision ?

[Casus belli]

I hope it doesn't happen the evening that "Big Brother" is on.

philsail1

If the collision happened before big brother was screened I suppose that could be thought of as a blessing in disguise.

[Vega]

Does that mean Earth will get some red rings? :-D.

Matt

[The Warthog]

Damn! Something else to worry about!

[brianb]

I hope it doesn't happen the evening that "Big Brother" is on.

That would be a blessing ... I'd rather have my teeth & nails pulled out slowly with red hot pliers than have to watch that *bleep*

[Milliways]

That would be a blessing ... I'd rather have my teeth & nails pulled out slowly with red hot pliers than have to watch that *bleep*

Same here, i hate that damn show!

A billion years eh? i'll keep an ear out on the sub-etha radio for any ships near by

hang on is that a chesterfield sofa? eddies at it again