NASA Survey Of Threatening Asteroids Underfunded, Panel Finds

NASA has not been properly funded to meet the goal set by Congress that it discover 90 percent of all near-Earth objects (NEOs) 140 meters in diameter or larger by 2020, according to a National Research Council (NRC) panel. “Although Congress has mandated that NASA conduct this survey program and...

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