Photo: Don Davis/NASA.
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Of course, being forced to suspend a Twitter account does not—I repeat, does not—equate to being forced to entirely power down:In the event of government shutdown, we will not be posting or responding from this account. We sincerely hope to resume tweets soon.
— Asteroid Watch (@AsteroidWatch) October 1, 2013
But you get my point, at least I hope you do. It might be just another Tuesday—and also NASA's 55th birthday. The existential threat of global obliteration via extremely-large space rock may still seem like it's ripped from the pages and screens of science fiction, but it is indeed very real. At the rate we're going, Ben fucking Affleck will save us all before Washington can say "I don't want to close my eyes".@thebandersonTo clarify: Many observatories, astronomers are watching the skies. Updated list of Near-Earth objects at http://t.co/mGzjwg6zQm
— Asteroid Watch (@AsteroidWatch) October 1, 2013