NASA Can't Pay for Killer Asteroid Hunt

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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Re:$1

[clintp]

A cheaper option would be to simply piggyback on other agencies' telescopes, a cost of about $300 million, also rejected.

Thats $1 per American. There shouldnt even be a debate.

That's about $.05 per person on the planet. Lemme know when you manage to collect India and China's fair share, and I'll rummage through my couch for my family's.

Re:essential human nature

[imthesponge]

omg. uppercase letters are so uncool.