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It is time for the private sector to aid in the search for potentially city-destroying asteroids and meteors, lawmakers said during a hearing Wednesday (April 10).
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology made the call while hearing from NASA scientists and private-sector asteroid hunters during a hearing entitled "Threats from Space," with both groups agreeing that something more needs to be done.
"Detecting asteroids should not be the primary mission of NASA," Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, said at the hearing. "No doubt the private sector will play an important role as well. We must better recognize what the private sector can do to aid our efforts to protect the world."
It is time for the private sector to aid in the search for potentially city-destroying asteroids and meteors, lawmakers said during a hearing Wednesday
We are about to give multi billion dollar contracts to many of our favorite friends so they can hire a couple of people to look for rocks in the sky. My profits will soar and we have lots of excuses if we happen to miss something, which we will, because these two people will watch 100 TV screens at once. Yay for us.
Looks like the Chelyabinsk meteor was a good wakeup call.
Originally posted by Trueman
reply to post by wildespace
Looks like the Chelyabinsk meteor was a good wakeup call.
Or they realized can't keep denying and ignoring what could happen anytime soon. Think about this :
It became frequent to hear or read news of asteroids passing by close to Earth. Everytime that happens, authorities say it won't hit us.
Didn't you wonder if they've been "selective", releasing this kind of information and restricting data about objects that may represent a threat to us.
That would be their only logical procedure to follow, considering political and economic reasons.
Originally posted by Trueman
reply to post by wildespace
It became frequent to hear or read news of asteroids passing by close to Earth. Everytime that happens, authorities say it won't hit us.
Didn't you wonder if they've been "selective", releasing this kind of information and restricting data about objects that may represent a threat to us.
Originally posted by Trueman
...Think about this :
It became frequent to hear or read news of asteroids passing by close to Earth...
Everytime that happens, authorities say it won't hit us.
That makes sense to me, considering that it is VERY rare that a large one hits Earth. I suppose the last one in recorded history was Tunguska. Before that, I don't know what.
I'm talking about asteroids/meteoroids/meteorites that can do wide-spread damage.
Originally posted by Trueman
reply to post by Soylent Green Is People
I'm talking about asteroids/meteoroids/meteorites that can do wide-spread damage.
But you mentioned Tunguska, which was about same type of event.
Originally posted by benrl
So let me get this straight, the government subsidizes farms for billions to grow corn we don't need to artificially lower corn and high fruitous corn syrup...
But finding civilization ending asteroids well that's a job for the free market...
Most ass backward thing I have ever heard.
Originally posted by Soylent Green Is People
Originally posted by Trueman
reply to post by Soylent Green Is People
I'm talking about asteroids/meteoroids/meteorites that can do wide-spread damage.
But you mentioned Tunguska, which was about same type of event.
The Tunguska event was much more powerful (at least the effects that reached the ground were much more powerful).
Tunguska event created a big wildfire no records of personal damage as I recall. Last one, a lot of people ended at the hospital and some buildings got damaged. Sorry but evidence is debunking your post.
edit on 4/13/2013 by Soylent Green Is People because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Trueman
Tunguska event created a big wildfire no records of personal damage as I recall. Last one, a lot of people ended at the hospital and some buildings got damaged. Sorry but evidence is debunking your post.
That makes sense to me, considering that it is VERY rare that a large one hits Earth. I suppose the last one in recorded history was Tunguska. Before that, I don't know what.
It did more than create a wildfire. It flattened 2,150 sq km worth of forest.