Though there is a tradeoff in resources vs. other human concerns, I think the math is a bit more complicated. We're not only trying to guard individual human li

Though there is a tradeoff in resources vs. other human concerns, I think the math is a bit more complicated. We're not only trying to guard individual human lives but the health of civilization. Just the knowledge that a major asteroid impact was imminent, with no way to address it in time, would be severely destabilizing to global society.