Researchers find evidence of space rock smashing Earth nearly 3.5 billion years ago
Seems like our money would be better spent on long-range detection and interdiction of Earth-crossing asteroids (and colonization of Mars, etc). Oh well, maybe once we smack Saddam.
Wait, we’re the richest country on earth. Why can’t we do both?
A "surly curmudgeon[], suspicious and lacking in altruism." (Robert A. Heinlein)