Wow did anyone hear about that asteroid that almost hit the earth? Pretty crazy only 48,000 miles away. That may sound far but in the cosmic scheme of things its missing by a hair. Consider that it is only twice the distance of some communications satellites and you can get a perspective on it. Another measure that has been thrown out there is it only 1/5th the distance to the moon. The worst part about the whole thing is that no one spotted it until Saturday and it came by on Monday. I for one thought there were measures in place to spot these things. Just imagine if it had come closer and taken out some com sats. It could of been devastating to our communications.