U.N. urged to take action on asteroid threat

U.N. urged to take action on asteroid threat - Reuters on Yahoo! News: "An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said on Saturday.

Astronomers are monitoring an asteroid named Apophis, which has a 1 in 45,000 chance of striking Earth on April 13, 2036."

Sounds like a movie pitch.