Better: Pray now ... and don't worry about it!

Congress hears options for asteroid defense: Pay now or pray later

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Lawmakers repeatedly asked how much advance warning would be required to deflect a threatening asteroid, and were repeatedly told that it would take years. Shelton said that if time was limited, "probably nuclear energy is what we're talking about." But even a nuclear-armed mission to blast an asteroid, Bruce Willis-style, would require lots of lead time. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., asked Bolden about the strategy for dealing with an Earth-threatening asteroid that was discovered with three weeks' warning. "If it's coming in three weeks ... pray," Bolden said. "The reason I can't do anything in the next three weeks is because for decades we have put it off."

Comment: NASA is always looking for ways to justify its existence.

Rock Legends and Top Hits ... and I don't mean that kind!

Not:

I mean real rocks ... really big ones!

The Above does not make the list

The list: Asteroid Impacts:10 Biggest Known Hits

Coming Soon: The # 1 HIT !!!

Then the third angel sounded: And a great star (ἀστὴρ μέγας ) fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star (ἀστέρος) is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter (Revelation 8:10-11)

Comment: Greek lesson: ἀστὴρ μέγας = Great Astroid! Meanwhile a not-so-close call overnight.