NASA scientists and crisis management specialists have held high-level training exercises to prepare for an asteroid strike on Earth. <br />http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot... <br /> <br />Senior officials said the exercise simulated an asteroid impact on Los Angeles on September 20 2020. They propose a scenario in which object 300-800 feet wide approaches. <br /> <br />The exercise gave no time to launch an asteroid deflection mission and left emergency managers faced with the mass evacuation of more than 18 million people from Greater LA. <br /> <br />The exercise provided a forum for the planetary science community to show how it would collect, analyse and share data about an asteroid colliding with Earth. <br /> <br />Emergency managers discussed how the data would be used to consider some of the unique challenges an asteroid impact would present - for preparedness, response and public warning. <br />Expres.co.uk <br />http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/7... <br /> <br />MailOnline <br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetec... <br /> <br />NASA <br />http://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-... https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/447
