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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> Goal of new NASA office: Protect Earth from asteroids
> http://www.cnet.com/news/goal-of-new-nasa-office-protect-earth-from-asteroids/
> 
> NASA is getting into the 'protection racket'.
> 
> NASA is going to knock
> on your door
> and sell you
> protection insurance.
> 
> You'll say, "Protection from what??"
> 
> They'll say,
> 
> "We are selling you insurance
> to protect you from Asteroids
> from killing you!"
> 
> Or, as Al Capone would say..
> 
> "You're buying protection from US!!!"
> 
> The Starmaker
> 
> NASA are just a bunch of fuckin...gangsters.
> 
> I think they come up with a 'new' racket everyday to take your money.


How do you like this new title NASA conjured up?


Planetary Defense Officer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/01/13/how-nasas-planetary-defense-officer-will-protect-earth-from-asteroids/



Al Capone has to be laughing right now....



How much does a Planetary Defense Officer make and what exactly does he
do all day?


probably runs if he sees a comet coming towards him?

This will be a great headline: Planetary Defense Officer Gets Killed By
Killer Asteroid