They have cut the NASA budget to the point they can't hardly afford to launch those obsolete shuttles any more and have to scrounge parts from one to fly another. Now they are screaming that nothing is being done to stop asteroids from hitting Earth. First, they would need a way to intercept them farther out in space than we can go. And some of the ideas I have read about of how to divert their path borders on the luducrious. Also, just like cleaning the atmosphere up, I think this is something that all countries are going to have to work together on. Here is the link to the article.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071108...espacedisaster
Ron
