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Chairman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, who called the hearing to learn what is being done and how much money is needed to better protect the planet.

Really! What could we do to protect ourselves (put up big nets to catch the Asteroid?)? Alas, nothing. Recovery in the aftermath is another matter.

[Sherman Logan]

Actually, it is well within our technological capability to divert even a largish asteroid, given enough lead time.

Would require considerable expansion of our space infrastructure, costing a lot of money, but I believe that would have lots of beneficial side effects.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I’m sure Planned Parenthood would try to give it a prescription for birth control pills to keep it from making baby asteroids!

[ConservativeMind]

I thought “global warming” was our priority, followed by helping the Muslims through NASA, followed by Obamacare implementation, followed by ‘spending our way out of this recession, followed by...