MY GRADE: 
Was I "wasting my time" in the 80s? I'd like to think I was merely "preparing."
This trivial little news item flew under most people’s radar (pun intended):
US Report: NASA Can’t Track Deadly Asteroids
Now here’s the truly baffling part of the story: It’s not that NASA doesn’t have enough funding for their program because saving the Earth from annihilation isn’t a big enough priority to the U.S. Congress.
No, what’s really disturbing is that the original goal of the program was to track down 90% of all killer asteroids. Who’s in charge of this program? Purell? (“Kills 99.99% of all germs” reference. See earlier post).
Dear Folks at NASA,
This isn’t sugarless gum we’re talking about here. I’m sure Dentyne is thrilled to have 4 out of 5 dentists recommend their product. That achieves their modest goals quite nicely. But I personally think things need to be a little more absolute when dealing with killer asteroids.
I’m no mathematician, but I would think that anything short of preventing –oh, I don’t know — 100% of all killer asteroids IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM.
Matter of fact, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that the only thing more useless and depressing than an under-funded Killer Asteroid Finding Program is a fully-funded 90% Killer Asteroid Finding Program.
