The odds that a potentially devastating space rock will hit Earth this century may be as high as one in 10. Gregg Easterbrook explores why NASA isn’t trying harder to prevent catastrophe, and in doing so offers insight into why our institutions learn so slowly. Conventional thinking–that the remaining space rocks are few, and that encounters with planets were confined to our prehistoric past–has been eclipsed by more dangerous realities, but serve to support NASA’s preoccupation with building a manned moon base.
The Sky Is Falling
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The odds that a potentially devastating space rock will hit Earth this century may be as high as one in 10. Gregg Easterbrook explores why NASA isn’t trying harder to prevent catastrophe, and in doing so offers insight into why our institutions learn so slowly. Conventional thinking–that the remaining space rocks are few, and that encounters with planets were confined to our prehistoric past–has been eclipsed by more dangerous realities, but serve to support NASA’s preoccupation with building a manned moon base.