The plan would be to launch a spacecraft toward an asteroid that would change the asteroid's trajectory just enough to give us earthlings a good scare and a great show.
IOW, don't make any really long-term plans, because they appear to be talking about the one system that absolutely will not work. I'm encouraged that they finally admit that we need more detection capability. Thanks TBP.
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Asteroid detection is perfect for the “space command” department.