Russia To Spend Billions On Asteroid Defense

Moscow believes an operable national defense against threats from outer space can be built within 10 years’ time. The 500-kiloton explosion of a space bolide above the Urals region has sped-up allocation of some $2 billion to prevent future threats.

Russian scientists have presented a federal program designed to counteract space threats. Elaborated by the Institute of Astronomy at Russia’s Academy of Sciences and the Central Engineering Research Institute, Russia’s leading space industry enterprise, the program has already been approved by Roskosmos, the national space agency.

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This is the political reaction to the recent meteor strike in Russia.  Spend billions of dollars on telescopes.  Which is great and all but i think if something is going to hit earth, givin’ the odds,maybe its suppose to. Until mankind is ready to show the universe it can take care of its own planet, why should we spread to others? -Mort