Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA (AND PREPARE WITH UNDER GROUND SURVIVAL SHELTER ETC.)

Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 17:16.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA chief Charles Bolden has advice on how to handle a large asteroid headed toward New York City: Pray.

That's about all the United States - or anyone for that matter - could do at this point about unknown asteroids and meteors that may be on a collision course with Earth, Bolden told lawmakers at a U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee hearing on Tuesday.

The asteroid that exploded over Russia last month was the largest object to hit Earth's atmosphere since the 1908 Tunguska event when an asteroid or comet exploded over Siberia, leveling 80 million trees over more than 830 square miles (2,150 sq km).

http://news.yahoo.com/large-asteroid-heading-earth-pray-says-nasa-005545...