Re: [meteorite-list] New Asteroid Threat Seen (Asteroid 2003 QQ47)

[Spaceguard]

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 ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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... And I thought DEEP IMPACT was over the top, sheesh...!!! Stu