Should NASA Receive More Funding to Find Near-Earth Objects?
After an asteroid and a meteor came extremely close to the earth's surface on Friday, some say NASA should receive additional funds to find and track potentially dangerous space objects.
On Saturday a “small army of workers” began cleanup work after the sonic waves from a meteor struck rural Russia Friday morning, reported the Associated Press. The meteor, which took NASA by surprise, injured at least 1,200 people and shattered 50 acres of windows. At least two individuals were reported to be in serious condition on Saturday. A few hours later, a known asteroid (2012 DA14) passed just 17,000 miles above the Earth’s surface. Brown University’s Associate Professor of Physics, Ian Dell’Antonio told WPRO the two close calls were an unrelated coincidence. “Something like [the meteor] happens a couple times a year,” Dell’Antonio told WPRO. “And they’re usually not splashed all over YouTube because they occur in more remote …
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