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  • Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out.

    "We're All Gonna Die!" by Gregg Easterbrook, www.wired.com. July 1, 2003.