UN Plans Asteroid Response Framework

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."

Comments

Re:That's another thing they'd screw up...

[bensafrickingenius]

And no doubt the UN will soon impanel a subcommittee which will spend millions of US dollars to generate a report condemning the US for causing this Asteroid crisis...

Re:How will this be funded?

[da cog]

We can always offer a refund if you're in the spot that got hit.

Better yet, we'll say that if we screw up and you get hit, then the next asteroid defense is free!