Where can I get one of those, Min?
But it's a shame that roid is gonna miss Mars. It might have been spectacular! Everybody loves fireworks, no?
Possible 'Tunguska' on Mars in January
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0 ... -miss.html
It missed.An asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with Mars passed the Red Planet today without incident.
Astronomers first estimated that asteroid 2007 WD5 had as high as a 3.6 percent chance of striking the planet. Newer observations kept lowering the odds for the 164-foot space rock until Jan. 9, when NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) program office effectively ruled out chances of an impact.