U.N. to Sanction Asteroid

Well, not yet, but that's how they deal with other rogue threats to our world. Accordingly, the asteroid is expected to ignore the U.N.

The threat of an asteroid hitting the Earth is being taken more and more seriously as more and more NEOs (near-Earth objects) are found.

In the US, Congress has charged NASA with the task of starting a more detailed search for life-threatening space rocks.

The UN draft treaty would establish who should be in charge in the event of an asteroid heading towards Earth, who would pay for relief efforts and the policies that should be adopted. In addition, it would set out possible plans to deflect the object.

It is difficult decisions like this which can only be addressed by the UN, the Association of Space Explorers believes.

Does it give you comfort knowing that the U.N. wants to be in charge of protecting us from space disasters? I hope that there are many centuries before there is an actual threat of an asteroid striking the Earth. It will take that long for the U.N. to reach agreement on how to handle the problem. In the meantime, just issue sanctions.

Now, it will be fun watching one group of scientists on the asteroid collision side arguing with the global warming "scientists" as to who has the latest and greatest crisis and who should get more tax funds for studies--as long as the nuclear winter and Y2K alarmists don't start up again.