A Call to (Considered) Action

This paper describes the probability that 2004MN4 will impact earth in 2036 (not 2029 as previously suspected) as about the same as the probability that an individual will be involved in a car accident in the U.S. on any given day. It asks Congress to assign some responsibility (given this administrations lack of accountability on just about everything, that's a stretch) to mount a possible deflection missionbefore 2014 or we will likey suffer tsunami of an unimaginable scale with projected damages of $400B USD (that's right, with a B). Note that the asteroid will not be visible to current detectors between 2006 and 2012, so someone had better act quickly.

The good news is that we probably don't need to be worried about Social Security going broke afterall. Once again, the president's priorities are not aligned with those of us in the reality-based community.

What are the chances that this anti-science administration and its synchophants in congress will actually do anything about this? My guess is that there is a greater probability that the asteroid will impact earth than the Bushistas will listen to a group of scientists.