miercuri, 21 iulie 2010

Asteroid threat: Don't worry, Congress is looking into it











- Astronomers have long warned of a nasty encounter with a large space rock, but don't worry: There's a proposal in Congress to establish a commission to look into it... Last month, Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R – CA) introduced the new bill before Congress, H.R. 5587, titled: "To establish a United States Commission on Planetary Defense and for other purposes." Full story:

* Californian Congressman for Planet X Forsight... As Planet X approaches our galaxy, its gravitational pull will interact with these NEOs in potentially disastrous ways for our planet.
The Sky is Falling: the deadly threat posed by Near Earth Objects and what we can do about it