- Catastrophic Climate Change - Asteroid Reports to Prevent an
Extinction Level Event (National Geographic) "The Minor Planet
Center, a clearing house for asteroid observations, receives up
to 15,000 new sightings a day from the LINEAR telescopes alone."
"The Center is part of a (U.S.) 3.5-million dollar-a-year NASA
program, called Spaceguard, that locates asteroids in Earth's
neighborhood. This program focuses on the estimated 1,200 to
1,500 larger asteroids in our area that are over 1 kilometer
(0.6 mile) wide and could be potential planet killers, like the
one that probably killed the dinosaurs some 65 million years
ago." - Averting an Asteroid Strike (Christian Science Monitor)
"Scientists and engineers who have studied the problem of
deflecting a dangerous asteroid believe the technical issues are
difficult but solvable. The challenge now is figuring out the
legal issues of who takes action on behalf of humankind and of
what their responsibilities and liabilities will be." 05-09 -
Doomsday Clock (BBC New