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 http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/06/nasa.asteroids.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

NASA lacks funds to find killer asteroids

POSTED: 11:51 a.m. EST, March 6, 2007


 


Story Highlights
• NASA doesn't have the money to track all potentially dangerous asteroids
• A comprehensive asteroid tracking program would cost NASA $1 billion
• There are 20,000 potentially hazardous asteroids and comets out there
• Agency does track objects that could wipe out most life on Earth