00:00NASA has just issued a chilling update.
00:02Somewhere in the dark expanse of space, over 15,000 city-killer asteroids are hiding.
00:09And we don't know where they are.
00:11Welcome to Fiscal Point.
00:13Today we decode the trillion-dollar mission to save Earth.
00:17According to NASA's Planetary Defense Officer, these medium-sized rocks are the biggest threat.
00:22They are large enough to wipe out an entire metropolis, yet small enough to evade our current telescopes.
00:29Right now, nearly 50% of these 140-meter-wide giants remain undetected.
00:36But there is hope.
00:39NASA's NEO Surveyor, a $1.2 billion infrared telescope, is being built to track these hidden threats.
00:47The goal? To find 90% of them before they find us.
00:53We've already proven we can deflect them with the DART mission.
00:56But we need time.
00:58And data.
01:00Planetary Defense is no longer science fiction.
01:02It's a global necessity.
01:05Are we spending enough to protect our home?
01:08Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
01:10I'm for Fiscal Point.
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