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UN Plans Asteroid Response Framework

Posted by samzenpus on from the where's-bruce-willis dept.

chrb writes "The Association of Space Explorers, a non-profit group of people who have completed at least one Earth orbit in space, has presented a report to the United Nations titled Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response. The UN will now meet in February to discuss the issue and try to define a global political framework for dealing with asteroid-based threats to the Earth."

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  1. Oh, great by OneSmartFellow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As if Oil for Food, Commission on Human Rights and United Nations Office for Project Services weren't already proof enough that any money given to the U.N. is money wasted !

  2. UN response to an asteriod... by EmagGeek · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, that'll be great. Their response to an asteroid will be to convene a commission to determine how it will disproportionately affect women and minorities, develop a framework for taking from those not as affected and giving to those who are, and to develop a way for the least productive and least capable members of society survive while those perish who could actually help society recover.