I believe that from a bang-for-the-buck perspective, Near-Earth Object monitoring is one of the better values. In the scheme of national budgets, it is CHEEEEEP

I believe that from a bang-for-the-buck perspective, Near-Earth Object monitoring is one of the better values. In the scheme of national budgets, it is CHEEEEEP to deploy a ground-based observatory capable of detecting threatening objects. To wit: http://www.planetary.org/explore/projects/neo-grants/2012da14.html http://www.planetary.org/explore/projects/neo-grants/2012da1... If we have the observatories in place, we should have enough time to come up with a reasonable defense. I believe if we're wiped out by one of these rocks, it'll be due to our own negligence.