460-foot long asteriod blew by earth yesterday at around 3:30pm...

[BigGameDamian]

scientists say we are lucky... http://news.yahoo.com/earth-gets-rush-weekend-asteroid-visitors-001945056.html

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Yikes!

 

[jlprk]

The Russians are taking the lead in defending the Solar System. Unless we catch up fast we will lose face to our allies. We may be breaking security treaties by not having a large anti-meteor capability. For example, Mars is currently under threat.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/comet20130305.html

 

[Haakzilla]

For example, Mars is currently under threat.

...but there are no fossil fuels there nor useful minerals -- that we know of!