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Lighter Side: International Space Cooperation?
Peter Cassata | December 03, 2008No, you're not reading the Onion. Professor Richard Crowther, a UN scientist with the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), has urged international cooperation to intercept asteroids that might hit Earth. The UN is scheduled to meet in February of next year to discuss the issue. BBC:
The international community must work together to tackle the threat of asteroids colliding with Earth, a leading UN scientist says.
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In the ASE report, the group of scientists and former astronauts point to the historical record to highlight the dangers of asteroids; an impact 65 million years ago may have wiped out the dinosaurs, and the Tunguska impact in 1908 produced a 2,000 square kilometer fire in Siberia, big enough to engulf a city the size of New York.
They say the next major threatening event could occur in less than 20 years. Asteroid Apophis is due to pass close to the Earth and analyses suggest a one in 45,000 chance of a collision.
No problem. We'll get right on this after reversing climate change.
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