Congress to Investigate Meteor Defense Methods

Can anything short of calling up Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck be done when a giant space rock has Earth in its sights? Congress is about to find out.

The House of Representatives' Science, Space and Technology committee will hold a hearing in the next few weeks to "examine ways to better identify and address asteroids that pose a potential threat to Earth."

The announcement comes following Friday's meteor blast in Russia and a too-close-for-comfort flyby with another asteroid.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the science committee, called those events "a stark reminder of the need to invest in space science."

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