NASA simulated an incoming asteroid impact, and the biggest roadblock to action was penny pinchers in Congress
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A large asteroid impact is potentially the only natural disaster humanity has the technology to predict years in advance and take action to prevent...It wasn't clear that they could prevent such a catastrophe - even with 14 years to figure it out.
The simulation revealed that technology wasn't the problem that could ultimately doom a city, region, or entire country. It was politics.
"The most important item of the morning was the discussion involving the political nature of the decision-making," another participant said.
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