Russia looks to divert asteroid from Earth

Paul Heinrich oxytropidoceras at cox.net
Wed Dec 30 16:50:06 EST 2009

Russia looks to divert asteroid from Earth
Seattle Post Intelligencer,

http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/189567.asp

"Russia is erring on the side of caution,
Perminov said in the report: "Better to
spend a few hundred million dollars to
create a system for preventing a collision
than to wait until it happens and hundreds
of thousands of people are killed.""

Giant asteroid to pass earth at close range
Toronto Star, Cathal Kelly,
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/article/744268--giant-asteroid-to-pass-earth-at-close-range

NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward
Earth, NASA,
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/oct/HQ_09-232_Apophis_Update.html

Yours,

Paul H.