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Nice way to allocate money extracted from taxpayers. Asteroids almost never visibly hit Earth, it's impossible to seriously protect yourself when it hits you or

Nice way to allocate money extracted from taxpayers. Asteroids almost never visibly hit Earth, it's impossible to seriously protect yourself when it hits you or your neighbor, and it will sure take hundreds of billions of dollars to build some space equipment to "deflect" asteroids. It's way more profitable than the war with mythical terror. Suggestion for UN, Obama or pretty much any government: go with your awesome idea on Kickstarter and spend your donations on presentation, video, blueprints, prototypes etc. If people like it, they'll send you money to implement it. If they don't, then please shove your rifles down your totalitarian ass instead of pointing them at the peaceful citizens. Edit: downvoters are invited to explain how exactly UN earns money. Who has the freedom to give or not give money to UN based on its performance and where does this money come from?

thesis 13y ago
I didn't down vote you. Nor do I think people are down voting you because of what you said in your edit (about where the UN gets their money). I think you're being down voted because you said Asteroids almost never visibly hit Earth. It might be true as far as extinction events, but when (not IF) it does happen and it's the right size we'll all vanish. IMO it's prudent to at least have these discussions and have something in place. If the UN is capable of the undertaking is a different story.
rwallace 13y ago
If we see it coming in time, deflecting an asteroid requires a nuclear bomb mounted on a rocket of the kind we use for launching space probes; not petty cash, but nowhere near hundreds of billions of dollars either. The "if we see it coming in time" part is the key.