doubtful, it came in at an angle, so it would have blazed a trail instead of just making a big hole. But, various fragments hit and caused damage in the area. Some 500 people are injured, and factory got rocked by pieces as well.
in case you're wondering how come there's all the footage available: http://www.rferl.org/content/dash-c...orruption-and-scams-car-crashes/24780355.html also apparently Russian scientists were aware of the meteor's path, but because they thought it would burn up before it got anywhere near land, they did not issue any warnings.
You do know that an asteroid half the size of a football field is narrowly missing our planet at this very moment, right? Bruce hooked us all up.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...bc4-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html?hpid=z4 $350 million over the next decade? Think about that one for a bit.
We're talking about the long term survival of the planet here, $350M is nothing and should be split across all countries. Just to keep things in perspective, one military B-2 Spirit costs $2.4 Billion. So basically you can save the earth 7 times or you can get one of these stealth airplanes. Your pick
NASA and the ESA are both contributing. The thing that is interesting is that a private effort came together as quickly as it did and that it received broad multi-national government funding without any major legislative action involved. It's also very interesting that the money is going to one program instead of being split up the way you'd expect it to be in a market based system. I'm thinking 2029 and 2036 have some people rightly nervous.
Military Industrial Complex. Nothing should cost $2.4 billion. The amazing thing is that there's general agreement that big government is wasteful, inefficient and a poor way to do business but if you roll one of these babies down the runway in front of a crowd of people they'll applaud instead of looking for a congressman to strangle.
