News The day the asteroid might hit.

[Notebook]

26 April 2019
For the first time, ESA will cover a major international asteroid impact exercise live via social media, highlighting the the actions that might be taken by scientists, space agencies and civil protection organisations.
Every two years, asteroid experts from across the globe come together to simulate a fictional but plausible imminent asteroid impact on Earth. During the week-long scenario, participants – playing roles such as ‘national government’, ‘space agency’, ‘astronomer’ and ‘civil protection office’ – don't know how the situation will evolve from one day to the next, and must make plans based on the daily updates they are given.
For the first time, ESA will cover progress of the hypothetical impact scenario from 29 April to 3 May live via social media, primarily via the @esaoperations Twitter channel.
Planetary Defence Conference

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Space_Safety_Security/The_day_the_asteroid_might_hit

 

[GLS]

For the first time, ESA will cover a major international asteroid impact exercise live via social media, highlighting the the actions that might be taken by scientists, space agencies and civil protection organisations.

Back in the old M6 forum there was a similar exercise, where a (fake) asteroid was approaching Earth, complete with Orbiter screenshots and (fake) mass hysteria by the users. :rofl:

 

[Notebook]

If this gets picked up by the media and they don't read the small print, could well be mass hysteria. Been done before:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

Back in the old M6 forum there was a similar exercise, where a (fake) asteroid was approaching Earth, complete with Orbiter screenshots and (fake) mass hysteria by the users. :rofl:

We still have no way to defend Earth against the impact in Orbiter? :uhh:

 

[jedidia]

We still have no way to defend Earth against the impact in Orbiter?

Nah, I guess we'd need vessel-on-vessel collision detetion for that :rofl:

 

[Urwumpe]

Nah, I guess we'd need vessel-on-vessel collision detetion for that :rofl:

And a patch for the DX9 client to create an complex impact crater of 300 km diameter in a location...

 

[GLS]

And a patch for the DX9 client to create an complex impact crater of 300 km diameter in a location...

And to also hide the base buildings.

 

[Notebook]

Asteroid detected!

not really.

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2019/Asteroid_detected