[meteorite-list] New Asteroid Threat Seen (Asteroid 2003 QQ47)
From: Spaceguard <mail_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:49 2004 Message-ID: <001e01c37189$e43c4840$9600a8c0_at_Home> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C37192.40D0B750 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thankfully you will notice that we had managed to squash most of the = hysteria in the press by lunchtime! Jay Tate The Spaceguard Centre http://www.spaceguarduk.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: STUARTATK_at_aol.com=20 To: baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Asteroid Threat Seen (Asteroid 2003 = QQ47) It has been an absolutely CRAZY day here in the UK since this story = broke early this morning. I swear every radio and TV news programme has = featured a "Doomsday Approacheth!" piece, accompanied by comments from = "an astronomer" or "space expert", who without fail tried desperately to = reassure the viewers or listeners that the scare was just that, a scare, = and that in a few days time it would be shown to have been a false = alarm... only for the presenter to wade back in with a closing comment = about the end of the world, and civilisation, being nigh...=20 And I thought DEEP IMPACT was over the top, sheesh...!!! Stu ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C37192.40D0B750 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thankfully you will notice that we had = managed to=20 squash most of the hysteria in the press by lunchtime!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jay Tate</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Spaceguard Centre</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.spaceguarduk.com">http://www.spaceguarduk.com</A></FON= T></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3DSTUARTATK_at_aol.com=20 href=3D"mailto:STUARTATK_at_aol.com">STUARTATK@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dbaalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov=20 = href=3D"mailto:baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov">baalke@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov</A>= ; <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 02, = 2003 9:11=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = New=20 Asteroid Threat Seen (Asteroid 2003 QQ47)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0 = face=3DArial size=3D2=20 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">It has been an absolutely CRAZY day here in the = UK since=20 this story broke early this morning. I swear every radio and TV news = programme=20 has featured a "Doomsday Approacheth!" piece, accompanied by comments = from "an=20 astronomer" or "space expert", who without fail tried desperately to = reassure=20 the viewers or listeners that the scare was just that, a scare, and = that in a=20 few days time it would be shown to have been a false alarm... only for = the=20 presenter to wade back in with a closing comment about the end of the = world,=20 and civilisation, being nigh... <BR><BR>And I thought DEEP IMPACT was = over the=20 top, sheesh...!!!<BR><BR>Stu</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C37192.40D0B750-- Received on Tue 02 Sep 2003 03:39:06 PM PDT |
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