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Tracking of Killer Asteroids Runs Low on Money and Short on Time

NASA can find and track most of the nearby asteroids that could hit and damage the Earth, but there is not enough money in its budget to finish the project within a 15-year deadline mandated by Congress. There are about 20,000 asteroids and comets... Read more

Published Monday, March 12, 2007 12:38 AM by KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News

Tags: Existential risks, Asteroids, NASA, Near-Earth Objects

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Life Extension wrote on March 12, 2007 5:47 PM

Maybe if NASA quit trying to send old junk, I mean shuttle craft, into space, and putting new additions on a leaking space station, it would have enough money to complete this project in time. On the other hand, if we get hit by a killer asteroid in the next 15 years, the whole thing will be redundant anyway.

Doug Hanna

http:lifeextension.wordpress.com