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| Meanwhile in rush hour traffic |
CLOSE ENCOUNTER—A year ago today, a hunk of space rock exploded over Russia catching
Earthlings by surprise. Fortunately,
damage was not catastrophic. Also as
post dinosaurs we didn’t disappear off the face of the planet to become next
eon’s fossil finds.
It was a reminder, however
that compared with the universe we’re small neutrinos. Yet, we are the smartest of the smart, which
thanks to some local and powerful science, points out we live in a vast
neighborhood.
Our neighbors are pretty
quiet. They don’t say much, but they are
there and every now and then they send a message that we shouldn’t ignore.
Instead of building another
aircraft carrier or two, this country alone, should think about spending more
money on building better outer space fences to protect us from those stones
being tossed at us by “them.”
Let’s not be surprised,
again. We’ve been warned. And, if we don’t heed the shot across our bow
then indeed we are far from being the smartest kids in the ‘hood.
Here’s the best of the
Russian dashboard videos from last year:
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