Avoiding Asteroid Threats Requires Innovation, Commitment And Diligence

Avoiding Asteroid Threats Requires Innovation, Commitment And Diligence: House Science, Space, And Technology Committee Reviews Government Efforts To Protect Earth The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing Tuesday titled "Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors." The hearing is the first in a two-part series on what the U.S. is doing to track and monitor Near Earth Objects (NEO) that pose a threat to the planet. It comes one month after an asteroid passed the earth and a meteor exploded over the skies in Russia on the same day.