NASA Needs More Money to Hunt Killer Space Rocks, Report Says


NASA Needs More Money to Hunt Killer Space Rocks, Report Says -- Tariq Malik  -- Space.com  -- August 12, 2009
Asteroid Defense

NASA needs more cash in order to meet its goal of finding nearby space rocks that could hit Earth in a devastating impact, a new report says.

Congress ordered NASA in 2005 to find and track 90 percent of the large asteroids near Earth by 2020, but did not set aside the necessary funds required to do the job, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Academy of Sciences.

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