Impact

[Plane]

Today there are more than 100 entries on NASA's list of asteroids that just might possibly hit Earth, even if it's less than a one-in-a-million chance. One of them, called Apophis, currently has a risk rating of 1 in 45,000 - serious enough to get people thinking about how to avoid a "cosmic Katrina." Chances are that Apophis will soon no longer be considered a threat, but what about those others? And what about the thousands of space rocks that are expected to be added to the list over the next few years?

Somewhere out there is a killer asteroid with our name on it, and scientists, astronauts, diplomats and space law experts are just starting to draw up a plan for dealing with it - that is, once we figure out which asteroid it is.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/16/58617.aspx

[Michael Tee]

Just give me three months' warning before it happens, plane, and I'll go out and eat every lemon meringue pie and sirloin steak that I can find.

[Plane]

With six years warning we could deflect the projectile , perhaps in the future less warning will be needed because we will have preparation already made.