NASA news conference tomorrow

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

They've discovered a mucking great asteroid, size of Venezuela, on a collision course and it'll hit Milton Keynes Central station amidships, at teatime on Thursday week. Bruce Willis has been approached to put together a team to blow it up, but due to Trump cutting NASA's funding, all they have is a box of firecrackers and a shagged out Cessna, so its unlikely they'll make rendezvous in sufficient time to make much difference. It's going to get rough. Bigly.

 

[sean99]

I think they'll announce the discovery of intelligent life outside of our solar system and a plan to build a wall around the solar system and have the aliens pay for it.

 

[John]

It could be about this:

http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/20/congress-slashes-funding-for-nasas-global-warming-research/

 

[Joe P]

John,

It could be about this:

http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/20/congress-slashes-funding-for-nasas-global-warming-research/

You can't make America great by pretending the laws of physics don't apply or by hamstringing scientists.

Joe

 

[davidsrsb]

They've discovered a mucking great asteroid, size of Venezuela, on a collision course and it'll hit Milton Keynes Central station amidships

Every incoming object is aimed at New York or LA. There must be a homing beacon in the US that we haven't discovered yet

 

[Joe P]

Another teaser.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/21/world/nasa-exoplanets-announcement-trnd/index.html

Joe

 

[stephen bennett]

They're announcing that Climate Change is a Chinese hoax, and that burning hydrocarbons is actually good for the atmosphere.

This has already been announced. Don't need NASA/aliens for that.

Stephen

 

[stephen bennett]

We wrote the book on that...

Respect.

Stephen

 

[Jonathan Ribee]

We've been living amongst you since 1946.

 

[stephen bennett]

We've been living amongst you since 1946.

Tony L, Me and Jonathan (right) at University.

Stephen

 

[Gingerbeard]

So what time in the UK is this announcement being made? Still not seen or heard anything. Wouldn't surprise me if it is some kind of early Aprils fools!

I wonder if it has anything to do with this

 

[droodzilla]

So what time in the UK is this announcement being made? Still not seen or heard anything. Wouldn't surprise me if it is some kind of early Aprils fools!

I wonder if it has anything to do with this

6pm in the UK. Watch it live at:

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public

 

[Joe P]

Two minutes left...

Joe

 

[cporton]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39034050

 

[Joe P]

Seven Earth-sized planets, three of which are in the Goldilocks zone, orbiting the same star.

Joe

 

[iainsteele]

Here is our (smallish) part explained...

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2017/2/22/liverpool-telescope

 

[droodzilla]

Question from Joe P on Twitter just read out at the news conference (live feed).

Did I hear that right? Anyone we know?

 

[Joe P]

Iain,

Fascinating. Any speculation on the likelihood of life on any of the exoplanets?

Joe

 

[Joe P]

Drood,

???

Joe

 

[droodzilla]

Drood,

???

Joe

Was it you Joe? Maybe I misheard.