PO1 Ken Johnson 436744 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just heard from a reliable inside source via his alluminum foiled antenea that the CIA (Oh no, I shouldn't have typed that, they could be on to me now!) has discovered that it is really an alien space craft and they will make a course correction at 1945 ZULU and will attack the Earth....<br /><br />General Quarters!!!!!<br /><br />Damned Aliens... where is Captain Kirk when you need him? Have you read about the mountain sized asteroid that will pass "close to" the earth this week? 2015-01-26T12:30:34-05:00 PO1 Ken Johnson 436744 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just heard from a reliable inside source via his alluminum foiled antenea that the CIA (Oh no, I shouldn't have typed that, they could be on to me now!) has discovered that it is really an alien space craft and they will make a course correction at 1945 ZULU and will attack the Earth....<br /><br />General Quarters!!!!!<br /><br />Damned Aliens... where is Captain Kirk when you need him? Have you read about the mountain sized asteroid that will pass "close to" the earth this week? 2015-01-26T12:30:34-05:00 2015-01-26T12:30:34-05:00 CW5 Private RallyPoint Member 436780 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-20459"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhave-you-read-about-the-mountain-sized-asteroid-that-will-pass-close-to-the-earth-this-week%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Have+you+read+about+the+mountain+sized+asteroid+that+will+pass+%22close+to%22+the+earth+this+week%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhave-you-read-about-the-mountain-sized-asteroid-that-will-pass-close-to-the-earth-this-week&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AHave you read about the mountain sized asteroid that will pass &quot;close to&quot; the earth this week?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/have-you-read-about-the-mountain-sized-asteroid-that-will-pass-close-to-the-earth-this-week" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="8404e9d2875dc00d6cfd88403cd81292" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/020/459/for_gallery_v2/scotty2.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/020/459/large_v3/scotty2.jpg" alt="Scotty2" /></a></div></div>Define "close to" ... I'm here for you, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="353526" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/353526-po1-ken-johnson">PO1 Ken Johnson</a>. My name is Scott Montgomery and Scotty's name was Montgomery Scott. Guess who I played when we were growing up and playing Star Trek.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Montgomery_Scott">http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Montgomery_Scott</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/052/qrc/latest?1443032128"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Montgomery_Scott">Montgomery Scott</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Captain Montgomery Scott (referred to as Scotty by his shipmates) was a male Human Starfleet officer in the 23rd century. His serial number was SE 19754 T. For a period of nearly thirty years, he was the chief engineer of both the USS Enterprise and the USS Enterprise-A, both under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. Having the reputation as a &quot;miracle worker&quot;, he was a man of superior technical and engineering skill, experience and...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 26 at 2015 12:46 PM 2015-01-26T12:46:23-05:00 2015-01-26T12:46:23-05:00 MSG Brad Sand 436815 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Captain Kirk has not been born yet...but Riverside, Iowa is already ready and waiting. Go Hawkeyes! Response by MSG Brad Sand made Jan 26 at 2015 1:01 PM 2015-01-26T13:01:51-05:00 2015-01-26T13:01:51-05:00 PO2 Steven Erickson 437456 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-20481"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhave-you-read-about-the-mountain-sized-asteroid-that-will-pass-close-to-the-earth-this-week%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Have+you+read+about+the+mountain+sized+asteroid+that+will+pass+%22close+to%22+the+earth+this+week%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhave-you-read-about-the-mountain-sized-asteroid-that-will-pass-close-to-the-earth-this-week&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AHave you read about the mountain sized asteroid that will pass &quot;close to&quot; the earth this week?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/have-you-read-about-the-mountain-sized-asteroid-that-will-pass-close-to-the-earth-this-week" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="d28ffa3aa01c2b8378ab96345d651cb0" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/020/481/for_gallery_v2/2d4c9468904eef2ff5670623210cb979.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/020/481/large_v3/2d4c9468904eef2ff5670623210cb979.jpg" alt="2d4c9468904eef2ff5670623210cb979" /></a></div></div>Part of my consulting job is developing emergency preparedness drills and exercises. When anyone looks at me and says, "That can't happen." or "That's not possible." I always respond the same way...<br /><br />"I get paid to design exercises for emergency preparedness. I have a degree in physics. I can make any assumption I want, and the laws of the universe are at my disposal.<br /><br />"Your argument is invalid." Response by PO2 Steven Erickson made Jan 26 at 2015 7:06 PM 2015-01-26T19:06:04-05:00 2015-01-26T19:06:04-05:00 Cpl Private RallyPoint Member 439296 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When will we read about another "Heaven's Gate" incident? Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 27 at 2015 4:15 PM 2015-01-27T16:15:02-05:00 2015-01-27T16:15:02-05:00 2015-01-26T12:30:34-05:00