[FPSPACE] House passes bill mandating a plan for asteroid warning and deflection

[LARRY KLAES]

House passes bill mandating a plan for asteroid warning and deflection

KurzweilAI.net June 27, 2008

In recently passed H.R.6063, The
U.S. House of Representatives would
direct the NASA Administrator to
develop plans for a low-cost space
mission to rendezvous with the
Apophis asteroid and attach a
tracking device (subject to Senate
approval). The Apophis is expected
to pass at a distance from Earth
that is closer than geostationary
satellites...

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