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White House Adviser: US Must Prepare for Asteroid

By Lee SpeigelOct 25th 2010 – 4:40PM
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(Oct. 25) -- If an asteroid were on a collision course with Earth, would we be ready to defend against its destructive impact or would we be helpless and defenseless? NASA, America's space agency, is being charged with leading the way to protect not only the U.S. but the entire world in the event of such a horrifying...

Background on near earth objects

A near-Earth object (NEO) is a Solar System object whose orbit brings it into close proximity with the Earth.

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