Dodging a Really Big Bullet

Woe be to the unbeliever, a giant asteroid is allegedly going to fly past the Earth today.

Here's a little video that shows the path and the relationship to this little rock we call "home."

It will pass by at a distance of some 3.6 million miles. Close in astronomical terms but well enough distant to not be a threat. 

A thought occurred to me about all the other Really Big Space Rocks that have passed by us over the centuries when we did not have the technology to detect them in advance.

Let me quote from the article on Space.com:

"The asteroid poses no threat of hitting Earth during the flyby, NASA officials assure."

Think about that... Do you think the powers-that-be would tell us something like:

"We are all going to die when this monstrous space rock slams into us on Friday, May 31st."

No, I don't think they would either. On the other hand, would you really want to know?