The Asteroid Watch Twitter feed exists to “detect, track and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids and comets that could approach Earth.” And in the event of a government shutdown, the @AsteroidWatch Twitter feed will go dark along with the nation’s Panda Cam.
In the event of government shutdown, we will not be posting or responding from this account. We sincerely hope to resume tweets soon.
— NASA Asteroid Watch (@AsteroidWatch) October 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/GCallah/status/384880778746028032
@GCallah yes, it's a branch of NASA
— ?? Jason Graziadei (@JasonGraziadei) October 1, 2013
Is this true, or is it just a last-minute ploy to scare the House GOP into sending a clean continuing resolution to the Senate tonight? No, it’s true.
https://twitter.com/joshuakeating/status/384879649010233345
Shit RT @joshuakeating: Uh oh RT @AsteroidWatch: In the event of government shutdown, we will not be posting or responding from this account
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) October 1, 2013
Sweet mother of god. MT @AsteroidWatch In the event of government shutdown, we will not be posting or responding from this account.
— David Uberti (@DavidUberti) October 1, 2013
Now is it time to panic?
https://twitter.com/simonelandon/status/384881739749163008
Oh great. We're all going to die. @AsteroidWatch: In the event of govt. shutdown, we will not be posting or responding from this account.
— Bryan Borzykowski (@bborzyko) October 1, 2013
How it all started for the dinosaurs–> MT @AsteroidWatch In the event of government shutdown, we will not be posting from this account.
— Charles Homans (@chashomans) October 1, 2013
@ARStrasser hahahahaha we're doomed
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) October 1, 2013
@HayesBrown @ARStrasser if the asteroid demolishes us before midnight then gov't shutdown averted? #amiright #thinkingoutsidethebox
— Eli Clifton (@EliClifton) October 1, 2013
@EliClifton @HayesBrown I smell a syfy channel movie plot….
— Annie-Rose Strasser (@ARStrasser) October 1, 2013
The Twitter feed might succumb to the shutdown, but Asteroid Watch will still be watching the skies, right?
@AsteroidWatch Y'all are still watching for asteroids though, right? National security exemption?
— Derek Wallbank (@dwallbank) October 1, 2013
Well? Uh oh. They said they wouldn’t respond…