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Old 12-13-2007, 18:56 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Canmoore View Post
I think humans would survive a meteor strike. Hell, we were bent on surviving nuclear war for 40 years. Whats the difference between that and surviving a meteor strike?
Even some of the smaller asteroids and comet fragments, if they impacted, would dwarf the energy output of all our nukes put together.

A "big one" could cause immense damage. Human-ending? Not necessarily. But nothing to sneeze at.

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