Everybody who went to the flag panel now knows there's a huge asteroid which may or may not hit us in a couple of decades.
Therefore, I believe the real question for this thread is as follows: what is the Air Warriors plan for this perfidious asteroid? Shouldn't we be appointing an officer in charge of spreading the word at, say, large events having nothing to do with astronomical curiosities?
Seriously though, that guy provided me with the laugh of the whole panel. The asteroid in question (
99942 Apophis) was, by the way, only considered a possible significant threat in 2004, with the threat downgraded even further in 2006. The latest, according to Wikipedia:
As of October 7, 2009, the impact probability for April 13, 2036, is calculated as 1 in 250,000. An additional impact date in 2068 was also identified; the impact probability for that encounter is calculated as 3 in a million.
But we should, like, totally stock up on beer just in case, right?