Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Report: NASA can't keep up with killer asteroids (AP)

Posted by Newt Randall at 4:26 PM

This November 2000 NASA file image shows a meteor streaking across the sky during the Leonid meteor shower. Many of the primitive bodies wandering the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter are former comets, tossed out of orbit by a brutal ballet between the giant outer planets, say a team of astrophysicists.(AFP/NASA-HO/File)AP - NASA is charged with spotting most of the asteroids that pose a threat to Earth but doesn't have the money to complete the job, a federal report says.



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