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U.S. Needs Defense Against Space Objects, Rep. Rohrabacher Says

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Lawmakers should consider making NASA or another agency responsible for defending against an asteroid or other space object that could hit Earth and kill millions of people, according to a leading space advocate in Congress.“We should demand someone, whether it’s NASA or whoever, actually has a system where they say ‘punch the red button, it’s time to go on this particular emergency,’” said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a senior member of the House Science Committee’s space panel. “We need to…

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