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Originally Posted by someguy51
Plus they think it was only one meter in size which would make it very, very difficult to detect.
I think NASA is doing a great job at detecting them considering the limited funding they get. (The US military spends more on air conditioners then the entire NASA budget).
They have a really good idea on the all the planet killers. (like of the one that killed the dinos) We are safe for at least 100 years.
Smaller ones like the near miss that is going to happen later today could pop up with not too much warning. Those ones are not planet killers but could devastate a 2000 KM square area.
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They discover asteroids that barely missed earth after the fact all of the time. You could very well wake up tomorrow and find out that there is a big one that will hit us in a matter of months. The sky is awfully big.