U.N. Urged to Take On Asteroid Threat

Oh great. With all that is going on in the world , I have to start worrying about this (now?)

Updated:2007-02-18 18:01:41
U.N. Urged to Take On Asteroid Threat

By Irene Klotz
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 18) - An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said on Saturday

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