It's about freakin' time that Congress directs NASA to take formal responsiblity for this. If we have the means to avoid these stikes and don't do it, we deserve extinction. Although we'll probably just be wiped out by one of the many other existential risks we face anyway.
NASA to formulate asteroid defense plan - Space.com - MSNBC.com: "NASA has begun a fact-finding appraisal of how best to detect, track, catalog and characterize near-Earth asteroids and comets — and what can be done to deflect an object found on course to strike our planet."
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