>Death by asteroids is a low risk but high impact type of event. We cannot afford to have even one such event.
Depending on how rare and difficult to tackle would be, we probably also cannot afford to do anything about it.
If we have as much as 1% or even 0.1% possibility of one hitting earth in the next 100 years, we would have rallied to build something even if is very costly and difficult.
In 0.00001% chances or less, there's no way any country is gonna's devote any significant resources...
>What is money in the face of a 0.00001% chance of annihilation?
Still very important?
(We have a much more concrete and possible chance of billions of deaths from nuclear arms and/or global warming, but we still don't do anything about it).
Spending in one area does not prevent spending in another. we have many dollars and some problems require more than others. They can even work together, perhaps a tax on CO2 release can fund diplomatic and scientific missions to help mitigate or prevent the other two catastrophes.
Depending on how rare and difficult to tackle would be, we probably also cannot afford to do anything about it.
If we have as much as 1% or even 0.1% possibility of one hitting earth in the next 100 years, we would have rallied to build something even if is very costly and difficult.
In 0.00001% chances or less, there's no way any country is gonna's devote any significant resources...
>What is money in the face of a 0.00001% chance of annihilation?
Still very important?
(We have a much more concrete and possible chance of billions of deaths from nuclear arms and/or global warming, but we still don't do anything about it).