Full TextSEC. 803. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.
The Administrator shall issue requests for information on--
(1) a low-cost space mission with the purpose of rendezvousing with and characterizing the Apophis asteroid, which scientists estimate will in 2029 pass at a distance from Earth that is closer than geostationary satellites; and
(2) a medium-sized space mission with the purpose of detecting near-Earth objects equal to or greater than 140 meters in diameter.
The House of Representatives just directed NASA to plan for a mission to go assess and, dare we hope, blows up an Asteroid so that it does not hit Earth in 2029.
Pff. 2029.
ReplyDeleteThat's crazy time. I want the bomb set us up now.
I really like this. I like it when government has to acknowledge that their puny little rules and puny little man-laws are secondary to the world in which we live and the reality in which we dwell.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good day when the U.S. government has to acknowledge that this could all end if a big fucking rock hits Earth.
.... Even though they'll have to burn ASSLOADS of non-renewable resources to do so?
ReplyDelete...thereby... you know... ending it all, as sure as if a big fucking rock had hit the Earth?
Cost/Benefit analysis of using nonrenewable fuels to prevent rock from hitting Earth, ending all life? Worth it.
ReplyDeleteCost/Benefit analysis of using nonrenewable fuels to prevent your grass from getting too tall? Not worth it.
Why?
ReplyDeleteYou're only delaying the inevitable, by your standards in the other thread.
I think this was an episode of Stargate.
ReplyDeleteWe should totally sue, then.
ReplyDeleteStupid Stargate stealing my arguments with J.
I never really liked Stargate.
ReplyDeleteThis does nothing to change that.