NASA Can't Pay for Killer Asteroid Hunt

March 5, 2007 By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer NASA Can't Pay for Killer Asteroid Hunt

(AP) -- NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding nearly all the asteroids that might pose a devastating hit to Earth, but there isn't enough money to pay for the task so it won't get done.

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