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Meaning the number rocks out there that could pose a danger to us just shot way up. I wish we would spend more money on finding and cataloging all the asteroids out there that could hit our planet. It would be such a small investment, money-wise, but could reap such huge returns. True, it’s rather unlikely an asteroid that can do major damage will hit us anytime soon, but the effects if one did would be simply catastrophic, and how shamed should we be (assuming ANY of us are still around) if we had the technology to find it and stop it, but chose not to spend a rather small amount of money to do so?

I hate to try to connect this to politics, but that seems to be what I do, so here goes. The shame is that we’ve embraced such a nasty form of ‘gotcha’ politics that no one dare bring this kind of topic that’s outside the mainstream of public consciousness for fear of being ridiculed. Barack Obama makes one statement praising how Reagan moved the country into a new era, and Hillary Clinton says ‘gotcha’, and runs ads saying he praised Reagan! So politicians learn to keep their unique ideas to themselves, afraid of having their words twisted and careers ruined.

So yes, the small size of the Tunguska asteroid is another example of how we’re harmed by ‘gotcha’ politics! Sorry, I must have gotten up on the wrong side of bed this morning …