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"In popular perception, dinosaurs died out because of the asteroid. But the actual evidence from the fossils doesn't support that in the way some people like to think."
-- Angela Milner, Natural History Museum, 31 August 2002

"A large impact is not something we expect to happen in our lifetime, in our children's' lifetime, or even our grandchildren's' lifetime. It would be very bad luck if it did happen. But it could happen at any time."
-- David Hunter, 31 August 2002

"Science-fiction writers are queueing up to be associated with 9/11 (see Giles Foden in these pages last week). Hot on the heels of speculation that Osama bin Laden might have been influenced by Isaac Asimov's sci-fi novel Foundation (1951) comes a letter from Arthur C. Clarke in New Scientist. Clarke notes that the European Space Agency is sponsoring a project called Spaceguard. "I invented this name," he writes, "for the first chapter of Rendezvous with Rama (1973), which is now optioned for filming. I'm still spooked by the fact that the asteroid impact that triggers the story is dated 11 September."
-- The Guardian, 31 August 2002

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1. "K/T MASS EXTINCTION JUST POPULAR MYTH: CLIMATE CHANGE KILLED DINOSAURS -- NOT COSMIC IMPACT" . . .
BBC News Online, 31 August 2002

• SUDDEN IMPACT: WHEN WILL EARTH TAKE ITS NEXT HIT FROM AN ASTEROID . . . ?
The State Journal-Register, 31 August 2002

• SPACE ROCK DEBATE ROLLS ON . . .
Andrew Yee

• SKYWATCHERS SEARCH FOR ASTEROIDS . . .
Andrew Yee

• CHANCE SMALL FOR HEAD-ON COLLISION . . .
Andrew Yee

• COSMIC AIRBAG COULD SAVE THE PLANET . . .
New Scientist, 29 August 2002

• WOULD GIANT AIR BAG STOP KILLER SPACE ROCK . . . ?
CNN, 31 August 2002

• TEENAGER 'STRUCK BY METEORITE' . . .
Ananova, 27 August 2002

• RE: "IMPACT AND THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE WEST" . . .
Mike Baillie

...And Finally:

• ....... :-) . . .
Northern Territory News, 31 August 2002

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