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NASA Can't Pay for Killer Asteroid Hunt

Posted by Hemos on from the anyone-raid-the-coffee-fund-money dept.

CGISecurity.com writes "NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding nearly all the asteroids that might pose a devastating hit to Earth, but there isn't enough money to pay for the task so it won't get done. 'We know what to do, we just don't have the money,' said Simon 'Pete' Worden, director of NASA's Ames Research Center." But hey, it's just the potential end of the world, so nothing much to worry about there.

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  1. NASA vs. UNASA by bronzey214 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually, NASA is already tracking objects >3,300 feet in diameter, but this would be to track all objects capable of doing "massive damage" to Earth.

    My question is - why is it the job of the US to protect the world?

    Wouldn't this be a UN issue?