NASA Shoots Down Comet Elenin Doomsday Predictions

coondoggie writes "The comet Elenin, which will pass by Earth October 16, has generated such an inordinate amount of doomsday reports from a number of different sources that NASA today issued a release meant to address a variety of them. To address the myriad concerns, NASA said its scientists compiled a list of the most popular questions it has received about Elenin."

Nothing but FUD

[milbournosphere]

Bruce Willis and the space shuttle would save us from any comet threat. What's that you say? The shuttle's been retired? Great, we're fucked.

Commies in space!

[jhhl]

... as if there were no threat from a comet named "eLenin"!

Re:That's so cool

[Nanosphere]

They shot down a comet?! With what, lasers or nukes? (I didn't bother to RTFS)

DMCA takedown notice.

Re:Nothing but FUD

[NonUniqueNickname]

Wait, what? They were supposed to keep the space shuttle and retire Bruce Willis. We are so fucked.

Re:Commies in space!

[idontgno]

You missed the other, more significant part of the comet's name. "eleNIN"... Which means the Extinction-Level Event involves Nine Inch Nails.

I knew Trent Reznor was wrapped up in this Doomsday thing. I just knew it. This comet is His herald, a harbinger of a brave new world full of stuff from NIN songs. And videos. And maybe Quake-related weaponry.