Nothing....what?
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/neo/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/03/nasa-exploration-roadmap-evaluation-crewed-missions-asteroids/
As for what we sort of know, survey-wise, start at:
http://www.spaceweather.com/ and scroll to "Near Earth Asteroids" and
follow links.
Carl
On 2/9/13 9:10 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
"During the offseason an asteroid crossed within 48,000 miles of Earth"
[..]
"the space agency is doing /nothing/ to protect the Earth from space
objects."
Except maintain the NASA Near Earth Object program at JPL?
I propose a tax on ESPN to pay for the project.
Maybe a Livestrong type campaign where fans can pay extra for Earth
Shield branding on their jerseys or something. Proceeds go to NASA,
USAF, etc.
Marcus
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