U.N. Urged to Take Action Against Killer Asteroids

FoxNews.com ^ | Wednesday, November 26, 2008

[Joiseydude]

VIENNA, Austria — It is disaster planning on a galactic scale: Space experts want to come up with a contingency plan on what to do in case a killer asteroid collides with Earth.

The experts, including former American astronaut Rusty Schweickart, told U.N. officials Tuesday that the international community needs a plan to counter so-called Near Earth Objects in advance of the potential catastrophe.

Deflecting asteroids — or at least evacuating people in areas where they might strike — could save millions of lives.

"This is a natural disaster, which is larger, potentially, than any other natural disaster we know of," Schweickart said. "However, it is preventable ... that's a very important thing to keep in mind. But it is our responsibility to take action to do that."

[Joiseydude]

The report, among other things, calls for an international decision-making program within the framework of the United Nations to decide on actions to counter asteroids.

The UN make decisions? ROFLMAO!

[Michael Barnes]

Right...but who is going to deliver the U.N.’s sternly written letter??

[xkaydet65]

Do asteroids respond to boring speeches? If they do then the UN has a place in the defense of the Earth.

[Hegemony Cricket]

[Pistolshot]

Guess who will pay for any defense system?

[Flycatcher]

"However, it is preventable ... that's a very important thing to keep in mind. But it is our responsibility to take action to do that."

I dunno... taking intelligent pre-emptive action seems so... Bushlike.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

“Armageddon” ping.

[CE2949BB]

Spaceguard.

Jeesh. Don't people read scifi anymore? :P

[andy58-in-nh]

They’ll impose sanctions first.

[VaRepublican]

Ya know thats a killer response.....

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

1-800-UNCLE-SAM

[Deb]

Bruce Willis will take care of it.

[Jeff Chandler]

Global Warming will cause warm air to rise upward and counter the momentum of the asteroids.

The End.

[Red_Devil 232]

Yeah Right! They can’t deliver a cup a gruel with a few grains of rice in it to starving Africans.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t know why the world bothers with the charade of going to the UN when what they really mean is make the USA fix this for us.

[RightWhale]

evacuating people in areas where they might strike — could save millions of lives

Great plan.

[DB]

Just another money pit of failure.

[RightWhale]

disaster planning on a galactic scale

Not that the Milky Way would notice if earth were totally vaporized.

[stylin19a]

lol



Oh Wait...That was U.N. ASTROIDS not ASSTROIDS...never mind!

[BRITinUSA]

I suspect that they are worried about losing funding once the Global Warming bubble has frozen over. This will be their next big money-raising venture.