OT: Doomsday averted, Russia suckerpunched by space. Not cool, space.
February 15th, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 7:46 PM ^
Speaking of Russia, have any of you been watching the 80's Cold War spy show "The Americans" on FX?
It's been pretty good so far IMHO.
February 15th, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
Breaking: Mark Dantonio on scene to check wreckage for possible extraterrestrial athletes
February 15th, 2013 at 7:25 PM ^
While it's a no secret that recruits from Toledo and Ontario have proven Dantonio's prowess as a national and international recruiting megastar, he will never be a great galactic recruiter because:
All your alien recruit are belong to us.
Sincerely,
Space Emperor of Space
February 15th, 2013 at 6:59 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 7:01 PM ^
Should have known it was an errant punt. Silly Space Emporer (of space).
February 15th, 2013 at 7:02 PM ^
But I don't know why he decided to coffin corner a section of Russia.
February 15th, 2013 at 7:06 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 7:12 PM ^
Didn't we send Bruce Willis up to space to prevent this sort of thing from happening?
February 15th, 2013 at 7:14 PM ^
Let us not forget that asteroid DA14 passed within 17,000 miles of Earth today, which is a closer pass than some satellites. Our glorious Space Emperor is obviously getting ready for September a bit early this year.
February 15th, 2013 at 7:24 PM ^
On a day when a potentially earth-changing asteroid narrowly (by space perspective, anyway) misses the planet, another smaller one, that is supposedly completely unrelated and with a totally different trajectory path, comes screaming into Russia. The Mayans man. Mayans.
February 15th, 2013 at 7:21 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 7:48 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 7:49 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 9:42 PM ^
Someone's drunk.
February 15th, 2013 at 7:28 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 7:32 PM ^
For one, it broke into a billion pieces when it got close to the surface, so there probably wasn't a dramatic impact anywhere. And, this thing was moving at 18 miles per second. There wasn't a whole hell of a lot of time to get cameras out. I imagine that a lot of the videos out there happened to be rolling by happenstance.... i.e. security cameras, police cruiser cameras, etc. Also, this is in freaking Russia.
February 15th, 2013 at 7:45 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 8:35 PM ^
Although the meteorite did fragment, a small chunk did impact a zinc factory. Good thing it wasn't a Mg factory.
February 16th, 2013 at 3:46 AM ^
Excuse while I go back to my room in my parents basement.
February 15th, 2013 at 7:44 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 9:01 PM ^
Here is the closest you might see to impact. I am sure more will come out. They might have to look at some more of the thousands of cameras. http://www.break.com/index/the-russian-meteorite-from-101-angles-2416059
February 15th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
DUCK! HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE!!!
February 16th, 2013 at 8:36 AM ^
Most places wouldn't even produce as much footage as we've seen. It happened pretty fast, as meteor do and all.
Driving in Russia is something of an experience. I used to sky dive and jump off of mountains for fun. I've driven a car at speeds greater than 150 mph. Yet all of my near death experiences happened on Russian roads. Because the craziest things happen on Russian roads (including insurance scams, fights, corrupt traffic police, etc.), most Russians run a dash cam to collect evidence in case of what would be a rare eventuality for you but an everyday occurance for Russians.
In my gypsy cabbing adventures i experienced road rage leading to off course chases so that my driver could scream and spit on the windshield of another car. I've been in cars that swerved at pedestrians (this was a Chechan screaming "Russian swine" and missing pedestrian babushkas by inches). I've driven on sidewalks at speed, played chicken with trams, and driving in oncoming traffic just stopped seeming like a very big deal.
To be fair, some of this was my fault. I reached a point where at times i'd offer a fair fare for the destination and then structure monetary rewards for quicker times to the destination.
February 15th, 2013 at 7:53 PM ^
Think about it. They defeated the greatest power in the world in a couple days. Walked right over us. And these were only the first. They'll keep coming. This is not a war any more than there's a war between men and maggots... This is an extermination.
February 15th, 2013 at 8:17 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 8:23 PM ^
February 15th, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^
Clearly communism has its benefits. (surviving a meteor attack). Seriously though, one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
February 15th, 2013 at 8:42 PM ^
am i on mushrooms?
February 15th, 2013 at 8:45 PM ^
the snozberries taste like snozberries
February 15th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
Breaking news: It turns out that it was not in fact a meteor. It was an errant pass from Andrew Maxwell that hit Russia.
February 15th, 2013 at 9:37 PM ^
Clearly this meteor shower was the arrival of Communist Superman.
February 15th, 2013 at 11:35 PM ^
February 16th, 2013 at 3:11 PM ^
+1,000,000
February 16th, 2013 at 12:35 AM ^
Mother Russia hits meteors!
February 16th, 2013 at 12:36 AM ^
The old lob one up in the air (the asteroid) and then drill 'em (the meteorite) when your opponent is looking elsewhere in the sky.
Well played, Space.
February 16th, 2013 at 10:23 AM ^
That was Kim Jong Il, who was tired of teaching God how to shoot 18 on a regulation golf course and decided to throw a big rock at Russia for old time's sake.
February 16th, 2013 at 11:32 AM ^
The red scare is real.
February 16th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
In America, NASA launch you into space.
In Soviet Russia, space launch into you......
February 16th, 2013 at 6:04 PM ^