Oh yeah...
NASA, and only NASA can handle planetary defense.
This interferes with the Mars Niuts' fantasies.
I've been subjected to vicious personal attack for many years from them.
What has to happen may be seen at:
http://www.geocities.com/epgrondine
The only question is whether the US will lead or China will.
If China leads with CAPS, then China will also lead to Mars.
Now the Mars Nuts are learning that Ed hits back.
Their squealing is music to my ears.