Internal NASA emails reveal that an asteroid kind of snuck up on them

“Because there may be media coverage tomorrow, I’m alerting you that in about 30 mins a 57-130 meter sized asteroid will pass Earth at only 0.19 lunar distances (~48,000 miles),” wrote Lindley Johnson, NASA’s planetary defense officer, in a July 24 email alert sent to other space agency experts. “2019 OK was spotted about 24 hrs ago.”

Bus-sized asteroid third to miss hitting Earth in 48 hours

Keep this in mind Asteroid 2014 EC flew by Earth Wednesday. It was only discovered Tuesday–which would have given this planet little to no chance to do anything at all about it if it was going to hit. I cannot understand this.. Asteroids seem to be the biggest story that should be focused on by any … Read moreBus-sized asteroid third to miss hitting Earth in 48 hours