[AZ-Observing] Re: Almost put on impact alert

  • From: BillFerris@xxxxxxx
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:17:37 EST

Steve Coe wrote:
I saw the link to this story:
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3517319.stm
>
What gets me about this is that an astronomer was prepared to call the White 
House to warn the President about an asteroid discovered by LINEAR, a U.S. Air 
Force project. Surely in the post-9/11 world, the Air Force has protocols to 
keep public officials informed of such things? Right?

Regards,

Bill in Flagstaff


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