Asteroid Persuasive Speech

Asteroids. That word might make you cringe, shiver in terror, or hide. It certainly wouldn’t help for you to know that an Asteroid, the size of three and a half football fields might collide with Earth in the near future. The Asteroid might even collide with Earth in your lifetime. In 2029, there is a 2.7 percent chance of Apophis hitting Earth, says NASA. Further ahead in the future, in 2039, Apophis will pass by Earth again, even closer than in 2029. Our government is already making preparations for Apophis. One such example is Australia sending up a space shuttle and shooting Apophis with paintballs to slow Apophis’s descent or even draw it off course. NASA says that objects greater than 1 mile could hit the Earth in the near future,
so Earth has to be ready. If, for instance, Apophis did hit Earth, we will also have to worry about the disaster’s it could form and make us leave Earth, if it’s bad enough. Earth has been in the solar system for almost 4 billion years, and it would be catastrophic for us if it hit Earth. “It wouldn’t feel that great,’’ said Brandon, a student from Jenison Junior High. NASA has also said that America is thinking about using nukes to destroy the Asteroid if it got too close. If the Asteroid did hit Earth, Homosapiens, would go extinct, along with other species of Earth. Luckily Apophis is drifting away from us, and will be doing that for the next 16+ years. So don’t worry, yet