“Hundreds of scientists, from nuclear weapons engineers to planetary experts, are gathering in Washington this week … The Planetary Defence Conference, organised by the US Aerospace Corporation, will bring together scores of ideas on how to develop technology to track and deflect objects heading towards the Earth. The gathering will also consider the sticky problem of public relations - is it best to warn people if the worst comes to the worst?”

Warning people would cause absolute mayhem. Then again, an asteroid hitting Earth would pretty much cause mayhem too The Guardian, here.

Posted Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
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