NASA has secured funding for a new mission that will hunt for Near Earth Objects (NEOs), or asteroids, that could pose a danger to our planet.
In total $35.6million has been provided for the new project, called the Near Earth Object Surveillance Mission. The plan is to launch a new space satellite, complete with infrared camera, that will hunt for asteroids in the vicinity of Earth.On December 20 President Trump signed the ‘minibus’ spending law which provides an additional $22.6billion for NASA.
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