Having a dwarf planet hit the earth would mean a very BAD weekend.

[Odin2005]

http://youtu.be/-zvCUmeoHpw

Animation of a Ceres-sized object hitting the Pacific Ocean. WOW. And just think, this happened to the earth constantly during it's first 500 million years.

[spin]

1. It's not a question of if, but a question on when. (n/t)

[ixion]

2. Yep, exactly

tick tock, tick tock.

[Ready4Change]

3. That's my 2nd biggest reason to support the space program.

My first is my belief that exploration is built into our beings. If humans, as a species, don't have an exploration outlet, we get a bit nuttier even than we are anyway.