[Hegemony Cricket]

"Astronomer Donald Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object program office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has said that about 15 percent of the objects 460 feet wide and larger have been found, and only 5 percent of objects down to about 164 feet (50 meters) in size."

Hmmm. I'm sure he is basing this on some statistical model, but I can't help but think there's a certain amount of arbitrariness to these percentages...

[MIchaelTArchangel]

So will just tracking the d@mn things make them miss colliding with planet earth? I didn’t think so.

[a fool in paradise]

Don’t believe them, they really want the money to keep watching the skies for the advancing intergalactic armada.

[Blueflag]

“We have 18 days”

Paging Bruce willis/ Harry Stamper

[Blueflag]

“We have 18 days”

Paging Bruce Willis/ Harry Stamper

[Snickering Hound]

Need more quarters...

[BradyLS]

Between global warming and killer space rocks, it only makes sense to spend like there is no tomorrow. /s

[Little Ray]

So, how ‘bout some money for some asteroid killers to go along with the money to track killer asteroids?

[BradyLS]

Actually, deep down, they figure “start small.” Ask for funding for Killer Space Rock Watch Program today. Somewhere down the road, your great grand nephews ask for funding for a Starfleet Command!

[Suz in AZ]

Too bad they just canceled that totally awesome, super-successful missile system that shot down that one satellite.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

When government people want money, they create a crisis.

[KevinDavis]

For other space news go to: www.spacetoday.net

[Springman]

Bush’s fault!!!

[GraceG]

We should be happy that we got free healthcare when the giant space rock kills us all....

[Paradox]

I would be in favor of diverting some of the funding for “Global Warming” research/worship, towards this endeavor.

[PsyOp]

I don’t know. Maybe getting pelted with space rocks would be good for us. During the ensuing choas we can get rid of the libs and start over like it was 1776. Kind of like a cosmic reset button.

[Vince Ferrer]

One of the top space rocks under observation is 2007 VK184, a 425-foot-wide (130 meters) asteroid that has a 1-in-2,940 chance of hitting Earth sometime between 2048 and 2057. An impact, if it occurred,

I know its budget season, because NASA likes is great at catastrophy mongering in ways that will get them more money. But if we don't get the debt under control, by 2048 we will be more like the Amish than a spacefaring nation, and so if something does hit us, there won't be anything to do about it anyway.

[plain talk]

I agree. Divert money to them. This is the kind of stuff government is supposed to be doing instead of the welfare crap.

[bustinchops]

I don’t have the knowledge base to know if this is accurate or not, but I do believe that NASA is one of the few agencies that personifies human intelligence and the individuality of curiosity, imagination and personal excellence.

[GOPJ]

I want to see them go back to the moon.

Would love to see that landing where they back down - land a rocket without tipping over - on uneven soil and take off without a structure to hold up the rocket - or even a way to fuel it.

And all done with computers less powerful than a ten dollar calculator at Office Depot. The flag blowing in the wind is a nice touch...

NASA also has brought us a total belief and faith in Global Warming. How could we NOT trust them?