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Science 14 August 1998:
Vol. 281. no. 5379, pp. 894 - 895
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5379.894
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ASTRONOMY:
Asteroid Searchers Streak Ahead

Robert Irion

The once-arcane field of tracking potential threats from near-Earth objects, or NEOs, is suddenly in the limelight and is making unprecedented progress. NASA's budget for hunting space rocks doubled to $3 million this fiscal year, and the U.S. Air Force recently unveiled a search system that is bagging NEOs at an unprecedented clip. This week, Air Force and NASA scientists will convene to consider boosting the Air Force's role still further, and other search efforts are also steaming ahead.

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