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NASA debunks 2012
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by: Mike Sampson Nov. 12, 2009

Let's just assume for a second that we live in a world where people need to be reassured that the sheer ridiculousness that happens in a Roland Emmerich movie couldn't actually happen in real life. Oh wait, we DO live in that world? Yes, NASA has issued a FAQ based on 2012 to assure Americans that December 12, 2012 "won't be the end of the world." One such exchange goes a little something like this:

Q: Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012.
A: Nothing bad will happen to the Earth in 2012.

I might say that anyone who actually believes the world is going to end in 2012 probably won't be swayed by the "rational" and "scientific" explanations provided by NASA as to why our world won't suddenly end but they give it the ole college try. For more reasons as to why 2012 isn't going to happen in real life, click here to read their full Q&A.

Source: NASA

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Extra Tidbit: The doomsday scenario for 2012 was initially 2003 but when nothing happened they moved the date back.

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mageng
5:04AM on 11/13/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
alien vampire dwarfs from mars
firstly the doomsday senario for 2003 is totally different to the one in 2012 and the one in 1999 regarding the end due to computers freaking out on the 1st of jan 2000. plus all them are different to the 2220 one. i know they all end the same with the end of the world as we know it but all have different reasons for it to happen. surely nasa knows this but yet they use it as a reason for 2012...
firstly the doomsday senario for 2003 is totally different to the one in 2012 and the one in 1999 regarding the end due to computers freaking out on the 1st of jan 2000. plus all them are different to the 2220 one. i know they all end the same with the end of the world as we know it but all have different reasons for it to happen. surely nasa knows this but yet they use it as a reason for 2012 not to happen. i dont believe it will but i do believe in alien vampire dwarfs from mars.
 
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finoj05
8:48PM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Just so everybody is woken up, NOBODY gave a shit about 2012 till it became the NEXT doomsday. Before that, every few years there is evidence to say "World will end on ??/??/????!" and so many suckers believe it. Then, once that date passes, they find another one.
Just so everybody is woken up, NOBODY gave a shit about 2012 till it became the NEXT doomsday. Before that, every few years there is evidence to say "World will end on ??/??/????!" and so many suckers believe it. Then, once that date passes, they find another one.
 
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T DUBBS
7:06PM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
NASA really had to explain this to them!?
Wow what a bunch of jackasses(the people not NASA).
Wow what a bunch of jackasses(the people not NASA).
 
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Dead as History
2:58PM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
NASA/Astronomers know quite a bit about the sun and it's activity. I can't believe people are actually worried about this.
NASA/Astronomers know quite a bit about the sun and it's activity. I can't believe people are actually worried about this.
 
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Arvindh
11:29AM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The interesting part of this whole FAQ is that they DO admit that a solar maximum will take place within the 2012-1024 timeframe. Now, I don't think the world will end in 2012, but I don't think even NASA can predict the sun's behavior with that kind of accuracy.



But anyway...if the world's gonna' end it'll end without us being able to predict it. That's what I believe anyway...
The interesting part of this whole FAQ is that they DO admit that a solar maximum will take place within the 2012-1024 timeframe. Now, I don't think the world will end in 2012, but I don't think even NASA can predict the sun's behavior with that kind of accuracy.



But anyway...if the world's gonna' end it'll end without us being able to predict it. That's what I believe anyway...
 
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jubei4000
10:31AM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
lame
even the mayans said that they didnt say the world would end in 2012. they just said thats when their calendar ends. it was us westerners who took the whole thing and added their own religious old testament twist and turned it into something it's not. typical.
even the mayans said that they didnt say the world would end in 2012. they just said thats when their calendar ends. it was us westerners who took the whole thing and added their own religious old testament twist and turned it into something it's not. typical.
 
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Servo
10:24AM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
One fact wrong
The whole 2003 thing is bogus. I knew about December 20th, 2012 being the supposed end of the world when I was a sophomore in high school, in 1999. I saw it on a history channel documentary on the Mayans in one of my classes.
The whole 2003 thing is bogus. I knew about December 20th, 2012 being the supposed end of the world when I was a sophomore in high school, in 1999. I saw it on a history channel documentary on the Mayans in one of my classes.
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T DUBBS
7:05PM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Same here. first heard about it in 2004. It's all bullshit either way though.
Same here. first heard about it in 2004. It's all bullshit either way though.
 
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MichaelDriel007
9:59AM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The date has chanced..
Doesn't everybody know by now that the "doomsday" has shifted again? Seems the scientist got the date wrong.. just by a few years.. Now the earth is going to end (....) on the 20 of december 2220. Sow we are all good at the moment folks....sjees...
Doesn't everybody know by now that the "doomsday" has shifted again? Seems the scientist got the date wrong.. just by a few years.. Now the earth is going to end (....) on the 20 of december 2220. Sow we are all good at the moment folks....sjees...
 
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ThePood
9:56AM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Thank you, NASA. I know I'll sleep better now...
Thank you, NASA. I know I'll sleep better now...
 
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Greener56
9:45AM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Nothing?
How do they REALLY know for sure? I mean I would have been more reassured if they had said "I can't guarantee that nothing bad will happen to the Earth as it's always a possiblility but according to our calculations, it's extremely unlikely." Who's doing PR for these guys?
How do they REALLY know for sure? I mean I would have been more reassured if they had said "I can't guarantee that nothing bad will happen to the Earth as it's always a possiblility but according to our calculations, it's extremely unlikely." Who's doing PR for these guys?
 
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Staying Frosty
9:14AM on 11/12/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
yep
This 2012 stuff is getting out of hand. Last night I watched a program on it, and I could even see how the program was stretching the facts, and trying to combine Hobi Indian cave drawins, with Nostradamus, and the Mayans....it made for good comedy...
This 2012 stuff is getting out of hand. Last night I watched a program on it, and I could even see how the program was stretching the facts, and trying to combine Hobi Indian cave drawins, with Nostradamus, and the Mayans....it made for good comedy...
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