Protect Us All from Dangerous Asteroids . . .

DanS — 9/24/2019 7:19:32 PM (archived)

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.

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Protect Us All from Dangerous Asteroids . . . - DanS - 9/24/2019 7:19:32 PM
- The most likely scenario... - ER - 9/26/2019 7:12:50 PM
  - This one did sneak up on us . . . - DanS - 9/29/2019 6:58:49 PM
  - We need to launch . . . - DanS - 9/29/2019 6:35:55 PM
    - A good idea . . . - DanS - 9/29/2019 7:50:51 PM
- Not necessarily... - ER - 9/24/2019 7:53:22 PM
- $150 million in the current fiscal year, for planetary defense . . . - DanS - 9/24/2019 7:29:49 PM
  - That's the point I was trying to make above. - ER - 9/24/2019 8:01:17 PM
    - The true killer . . . - DanS - 9/24/2019 8:36:22 PM
      - If that's the case, there's no point in doing anything at all! - ER - 9/24/2019 8:58:00 PM
        
        True . . . - DanS - 9/24/2019 10:28:31 PM
    - I do like the idea of an IR-based telescope, though. - ER - 9/24/2019 8:20:20 PM

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