Resumen de Asteroid collision.
The article examines the possibility that an asteroid, or a near-Earth object, could hit the Earth. The article is part of a special section of the magazine in which factors of change concerning life on Earth are examined. The article notes that an event that could result in extinction of man is unlikely. A number of issues are discussed including the threat posed to the Earth by comets, U.S. government funding for near-Earth object research, and the measures that could be taken should an object be headed toward Earth.
