<story><title>Planetary Defense</title><url>http://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sirtastic</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m kinda jealous of job titles that would come out of this department... &amp;quot;Director of Planetary Defense&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Strategic Interstellar Command Coordinator&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Chief Planetary Defense Officer&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Planetary Defense</title><url>http://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>startupfounder</author><text>Here is a list of NEO Earth Close Approaches:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;neo.jpl.nasa.gov&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;neo.jpl.nasa.gov&amp;#x2F;ca&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. Not a bad ROI to save a global economy with a GDP of $77.609 trillion and population of 7.095 billion.[1]&lt;p&gt;2. The side benefit is understanding how to mine NEOs worth billions.[2]&lt;p&gt;3. I would like to buy an insurance policy against an impact. I bet it would be super cheap as there is very low risk, but would get me to Mars or ISS.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;World_economy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;World_economy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Asteroid_mining&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Asteroid_mining&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>