Keeping the Heat On

On February 26, in a post I titled “Chicken Little," I took a poke at calls for more money to fund the building of asteroid protection apparatus.  You all know where the money would come from, your pocket, of course.  Today, Drudge’s blaring headline, “Recently Discovered Asteroid Makes Record-breaking Approach to Earth," fans the flame for just this altar call.  Better wear a hard hat to work today.

Here’s the article from NASA that details our close call.

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