Word: spahr
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...response, Spahr quickly approximated a window through which the asteroid would have to travel in order to remain a threat. However, the skies remained clear during that window, and Earth was safe for yet another...
...never really looked for the ones next week,” Spahr said, “because all the work that we had done had suggested it would be very rare for us to find one right before...
Just to ensure that the possibility could be ruled out completely, Spahr and his associates quickly developed a program to track short-range threats as well. However, he basically rules out the chance of any threatening body approaching Earth undetected...
Still, those efforts haven’t stopped Hollywood moguls from churning out asteroid-themed blockbusters. “I went and watched Deep Impact, but I didn’t watch Armageddon,” said Spahr. “For Armageddon, I helped them do a promo, and we tried to tell them that it was pretty dumb. A Texas-sized asteroid was going to hit in what, two weeks? That would be as bright as Jupiter in the sky. You would go outside and go, ‘Oh crap, an asteroid...
Four words that, thanks to Spahr, will probably never be uttered...