Mark Udall: STILL the Candidate to Save the Planet from Destruction by Asteroids

Every once in awhile we work to write something explicitly nice about our least preferred candidate in the U.S. Senate race, Mark Udall. This is the most recent example.

On the national security front, it seems Democrat Senate candidate Mark Udall is still honing his reputation as a warrior against incoming asteroid invasion. As the Bad Astronomy blog points out, today is the 100th anniversary of a damaging asteroid blow to Earth. But who is the hero we can count on to save us from future disaster?

So I congratulate those who study these killers, and who look to our future....And I especially stand up and point to Congress — including my own Representative Mark Udall — which has the foresight to mandate that NASA look into the dangers from the Near Earth Asteroid Apophis.

Mark Udall may indeed be the best-equipped candidate in this race to protect us from destruction by asteroids.

Udall Defending Us from Asteroids

A clipping from Washington, DC, this week, that highlights Boulder liberal Rep. Mark Udall's leading concerns about our national security:

“NASA’s NEO survey program is our ‘insurance policy’ against getting taken by surprise by an incoming asteroid. Much progress has been made in detecting and cataloging the largest NEOs over the last decade. However, much more remains to be done,” said Udall. “We need to survey the smaller but still potentially hazardous asteroids that could do significant damage if they impact or explode above the Earth’s surface. While the probability of such a direct hit is low, we in Congress have a responsibility for the safety of American citizens and we have directed NASA to come up with a survey plan. NASA didn’t deliver a plan that would get the job done. I will continue to work with NASA and hold the agency accountable until their plan is complete.”

It is good to see Udall expressing a concern for our nation's security. While he has no problem slandering an American general leading our forces in the central front in the war against Islamofascist terrorists, Udall at least is taking a strong stand to protect us all from incoming asteroids.

Or then again, maybe he's just feeling a little bit nostalgic.