Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Earth has been on the receiving end of several incoming objects resulting in human injury.
Credit: NASA

Recent NASA budget uncertainties could make one space agency endeavor up for grabs – defending the Earth from incoming space rocks.

That effort undertaken by NASA for many years could be given to the Space Force that has a far-larger new budget.

On the other hand, is a Space Force takeover of taking out space rocks that are cross-haired on our home planet warranted and what might be the ramifications?

For details, go to my new Space.com story — “NASA or the Space Force: Who should protect Earth from dangerous asteroids?” – at:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/nasa-or-the-space-force-who-should-protect-earth-from-dangerous-asteroids