The chances of an asteroid hitting earth and destroying a major city --- higher then you might think.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: ASTRONAUT TOM JONES, PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF SPACE EXPLORERS (ASE), SAYING:<br/> <br />"We asked the UN to consider five new measures to protect earth from asteroid strikes."<br/> <br />Scientists who monitors nuclear weapons detonations, says they've detected 26 asteroids between 2000 and 2013.<br/> <br />One explosion over Russia last year left more than 1,000 people injured by flying glass and debris.<br/> <br />Steps can be taken to prevent even more serious injuries say scientists. Number one --- using a $250 million dollar infrared space telescope to detect them.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: ASTRONAUT TOM JONES, PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF SPACE EXPLORERS (ASE), SAYING:<br/> <br />"To put this telescope in space and find the one million dangerous asteroids out there that are big enough to wipe out a city on our planet. That telescope is an essential part of this current warning that we need to ex
