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Protect Us All from Dangerous Asteroids . . . September 24, 2019 12:19 pm DanS

NASA Wants a New Space Telescope to Protect Us All from Dangerous Asteroids
Earth will soon lose a key tool in the fight to spot potentially hazardous asteroids — and NASA has decided to fund a custom-built replacement.

Well … to spot dangerous asteroids. Actual protection will cost a whole lot more.

  • The most likely scenario... by ER 2019-09-26 12:12:50
    • This one did sneak up on us . . . by DanS 2019-09-29 11:58:49
      • We need to launch . . . by DanS 2019-09-29 11:35:55
        • A good idea . . . by DanS 2019-09-29 12:50:51
      • Not necessarily... by ER 2019-09-24 12:53:22
        • $150 million in the current fiscal year, for planetary defense . . . by DanS 2019-09-24 12:29:49
          • That's the point I was trying to make above. by ER 2019-09-24 13:01:17
            • The true killer . . . by DanS 2019-09-24 13:36:22
              • If that's the case, there's no point in doing anything at all! by ER 2019-09-24 13:58:00
                • True . . . by DanS 2019-09-24 15:28:31
              • I do like the idea of an IR-based telescope, though. by ER 2019-09-24 13:20:20

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