Asteroids May Destroy Earth Thanks To Tightfisted Bozos
You thought that Ares facing delays or cancellations was bad? Well, what about a freaking huge honkin’ asteroid obliterating Earth because NASA doesn’t have enough funding to track every potentially deadly object out there? Yes, exactly my freaking thoughts.
Here’s the deal: NASA was supposed to be tracking 90 per cent of all potentially dangerous asteroids by 2020 under the Near Earth Object Program. This was mandated by Congress. Right now, they are on track to detect 90 per cent of asteroids 1km wide this year. However, that leaves a giant amount of other objects that, while not as big, are potentially lethal. And guess what? Congress isn’t giving money to NASA to fund the program.
In other words, if tomorrow an asteroid hits New York, I know exactly who is to blame. [CNN]
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Whats the point in tracking these objects? If we see one that we think is going to hit Earth, what is anyone supposed to do about it? Quite frankly I’d can the project and spend the money on things that can save lives today, like health care, social infrastructure and education. Avoidable deaths and improvements in quality of living that can be identified NOW!
Doris, there are things that can be done about a meteor hitting earth, like shooting missiles at it to destroy/nock it of course or maybe people might want to do simple things like get into a shelter???