NASA Slams Cuts That Put Earth at Risk of Killer Asteroids.

[N2NH]

Rare, not so much lately.

The House Science Committee, chaired by Texas congressman Rep. Lamar Smith (R), welcomed John Holdren, President Barack Obama’s Director of the Office of Science and Technology, Gen. William Shelton, the commander of U.S. Air Force’s Space Command and NASA Administrator Gen. Charles F. Bolden on Tuesday morning for a hearing entitled “Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors.”
Holdren, Shelton and Bolden emphasized that while odds of a devastating strike from an object from space are small, the consequences could be enormous. While dozens of objects a meter or more in size strike the Earth’s atmosphere every year, most burn up harmlessly in the upper limits of the stratosphere.

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“We are trying very diligently, as I said before, with the president’s budget,” he said, “to be in a position where we are able to respond.” Congress charged NASA with figuring out the problem, then declined to fund the research, he said.

NASA slams spending cuts that put Earth at risk of undetected killer asteroids

[PA5COR]

As long they drop on the republican headquarters...

[W7XF]

As long they drop on the republican headquarters 3050 Tillicum Rd, Saanich, BC, Canada...

Fixed!

[w0aew]

I prefer the old days of meteor ignorance.

[N2NH]

I prefer the old days of meteor ignorance.

The fall of the Roman Empire has been attributed to a meteor crash in Ireland. It caused Global changes that went far beyond the Roman Empire from circa 520 -540 AD. aThis was documented in a NOVA episode that I saw a few years ago. Ignorance is not an option. The eventual result would be what happened to rhe dinosuars the day they went extinct.

You go can't back home. but you can go on.

[N2CHX]

Meh, we're too busy spending trillions of dollars killing people to bother with funding stuff that could save the species as a whole. Killing people is more fun.

Amazing how much real life resembles an episode of Star Trek sometimes.

[n2ize]

Meh, we're too busy spending trillions of dollars killing people to bother with funding stuff that could save the species as a whole. Killing people is more fun.

Amazing how much real life resembles an episode of Star Trek sometimes.

Because we have two corrupt political parties running this place and both are corporate owned and corrupt beyond our wildest imaginations. Yes instead of doing something the people either don't care , apathy... or else they continue to dream that one party is good and the other bad and if only one could just take over everything will be good. I guess thats what they mean by the "American dream".

[KC2UGV]

Meh, we're too busy spending trillions of dollars killing people to bother with funding stuff that could save the species as a whole. Killing people is more fun.

Amazing how much real life resembles an episode of Star Trek sometimes.

'Mericuh! Fuck yeah!

[N2RJ]

How much would such a system cost? Maybe a few fewer lavish vacations and golf trips could help pay for it?

[n2ize]

Rare, not so much lately.



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NASA slams spending cuts that put Earth at risk of undetected killer asteroids

Well, right now Obama is in Tel Aviv so we'll have to wait till he gets back and remembers he's the president of the United States.