Thanks Mark - nice to see you with a change in priorities. $20 M is pretty small change when compared with the costs of the MERs, for example. This is real leadership on Rohrabacher's part, and NASA is explicitly assigned responsibility. Lets's see what NASA management does next -

I wonder if a warning on 2004 MN4 has reached Bush Jr yet. I have not heard Griffin comment on 2004 MN4. It does look like CAPS is on its way. That's what we'll do on the Moon, and with 2004 MN4 as a constant reminder, the approprations in the out years should be no problem.

The sooner this immediate problem is taken care of, the sooner we can start looking at manned Mars flight, which is a whole lot more fun.

I saw where the S. Korean governement was alerted by their scientists.

Any idea what 2004 MN4 is made of? If it gets caught by Earth's gravity and hits an ocean it could be very messy.

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