[Geology2] Asteroid Threat: Don't Worry, Congress Is Looking into It

Asteroid Threat: Don't Worry, Congress Is Looking into It

Lawmakers are paying new attention to how best to shield Earth from a
bad
day -- getting whacked by an asteroid or comet that has our planet in
its
cross-hairs.

A new bill introduced to Congress proposes establishing a
government-sponsore d commission to study the threat of a major space
rock collision with Earth and how prepared we are--as a country and a
planet--to face such a danger.

There is a growing choir of concern regarding Near Earth Objects, or
NEOs
- spotting them and dealing with any Earth-threatening gatecrashers.
While
the annual probability of the Earth being struck by a huge asteroid or
comet is small, the consequences of such a collision are so calamitous
that it
is prudent to appraise the nature of the threat and prepare to deal with
it, experts say.

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