The Raven Rock Mountain Complex Site R Tour has been CANCELLED throughout DECEMBER 2012 due to the numerous emergency operations drills being conducted in preparation for the December 21st Mayan Prophecy End of World event.
The increased readiness posture is expected to end in early 2013. When the facility resumes its standard access procedures, the tours will continue.
This is merely a precaution and the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT is FULLY CONFIDENT that there will be, in fact, life after 2012.
梵蒂岡：世界沒有結束，儘管瑪雅預言 Vatican: World not ending, despite Maya prediction Posted: Dec 12, 2012 4:44 AM Updated: Dec 12, 2012 4:44 AM
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's top astronomer has some assurances to offer: The world won't be ending in about two weeks, despite predictions to the contrary.
The Rev. Jose Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, wrote in Wednesday's Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano that "it's not even worth discussing" doomsday scenarios based on the Mayan calendar that are flooding the Internet ahead of the purported Dec. 21 apocalypse.
Yes, Funes wrote, the universe is expanding and if some models are correct, will at one point "break away" — but not for billions of years. But he said Christians profoundly believe that "death can never have the last word."
The Mayan Long Count calendar begins in 3,114 B.C., marking time in roughly 394-year periods known as Baktuns. The Mayans wrote that the significant 13th Baktun ends Dec. 21.
梵蒂岡對瑪雅啟示傳言持懷疑態度 Vatican Skeptical of Mayan Apocalypse Rumors by Marc Lallanilla
Date: 12 December 2012 Time: 04:05 PM ET
A number of experts have weighed in on the purported, though not scientifically grounded, Mayan apocalypse that some believers fear will strike the Earth on Dec. 21. Not to be left out, the Vatican has joined the growing chorus of doomsday skeptics urging people worldwide to remain calm.
The Rev. Jose Funes, the Vatican's official astronomer — yes, the Vatican has an official astronomer on staff, presumably for just such emergencies — called rumors of the planet's impending doom "not even worth discussing."
Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, also acknowledged that the universe is expanding, and some people fear this may cause parts of the universe to "break away," he added that these accounts of apocalyptic gloom should not alarm Christians because, as he told the Associated Press, "death can never have the last word."
对此，「梵蒂冈天文台」(Vatican Observatory)主任富内斯(Jose Gabriel Funes)投书教廷报纸《罗马观察报》(L’Osservatore Romano)指出，如果某些模型正确，宇宙将持续扩张，扩张到某个点时会「破碎」，但整个过程至少要等到数10亿年才会发生，因此他否认「末日说」。据了解，梵蒂冈天文台是梵蒂冈进行天文研究和教育的一个专业机构。
可怕的傳聞關於2012年世界末日只是謠言 Scary Rumors about the World Ending in 2012 Are Just Rumors
December 3, 2012
Tagged: end of world rumors, NASA
False rumors about the end of the world in 2012 have been commonplace on the Internet for some time. Many of these rumors involve the Mayan calendar ending in 2012 (it won’t), a comet causing catastrophic effects (definitely not), a hidden planet sneaking up and colliding with us (no and no), and many others.
The world will not end on December 21, 2012, or any day in 2012.
Unfortunately, these rumors have many people frightened, especially children. NASA has received thousands of letters concerned about the end of the world. David Morrison, a planetary astronomer and senior scientist for NASA who answers questions from the public about astrobiology, says, “At least a once a week I get a message from a young person ― as young as 11 ― who says they are ill and/or contemplating suicide because of the coming doomsday.”
According to NASA, the old mystery-planet-collision rumor year was 2003, but when 2004 arrived safely, the rumors changed to 2012. So what end-of-the-world year will the rumor mill make up next?
Videos from NASA debunking end-of-the-world rumors:
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