There is a 1 in 350 chance that NASA's planned mission to Pluto could malfunction, causing an explosion and releasing radioactive plutonium in the six-county area surrounding Cape Canaveral, according to government risk assessments.
The U.S. Air Force has issued a warning that they are ready to use 'deadly force' to protect the Kennedy Space Center, indicating the seriousness with which the military is taking the terrorist threat to the U.S. Space Program.