They did nothing to prevent the movie Armageddon from being made. Therefore, I hate them. posted by ShutterBun at 12:39 AM on May 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
The Interplanetary Academy of Astronautics would sound so much better. posted by misteraitch at 1:39 AM on May 12, 2011
Armageddon was awesome. Deep Inpact on the other hand sucked. posted by humanfont at 2:00 AM on May 12, 2011
Deep Inpact on the other hand would suck. posted by -->NMN.80.418 at 2:07 AM on May 12, 2011
The conference this year is set in the Romanian parliament building
Does the Romanian parliament just take off for two days? posted by -->NMN.80.418 at 2:11 AM on May 12, 2011
Parliaments have long recesses. Companies I'm involved with rent out Australian State Parliaments (not the Federal one in Canberra) on a regular basis to hold forums and conferences, it appeals to people's vanity and makes them think someone's listening to what they're saying. posted by joannemullen at 3:38 AM on May 12, 2011
As per Nasim Talib's Black Swan argument, the way to prepare for a low-probability-catastrophic-consequence event is to build redundancy into the system.
In this case that means establishing human settlements outside of the Earth. posted by mono blanco at 4:35 AM on May 12, 2011
What about protecting us from Space Madness posted by Flood at 4:38 AM on May 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
"The single simplest reason why human space flight is necessary is this, stated as plainly as possible: keeping all your breeding pairs in one place is a retarded way to run a species."
- Warren Ellis posted by _Lasar at 5:35 AM on May 12, 2011 [2 favorites]
Flood, nothing can prevent Space Madness. And stop coveting my ice cream bar already. posted by Jpfed at 5:45 AM on May 12, 2011 [3 favorites]
This conference falls into that category of discussions that I know little about but would totally attend if I had the time and money. posted by dry white toast at 7:26 AM on May 12, 2011
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