"The odds that a potentially devastating space rock will hit Earth this century may be as high as one in 10. So why isn’t NASA trying harder to prevent catastrophe?"

Guess it sort of puts this whole credit crisis thing in perspective, huh?

How 'bout we shoot Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis up to into space to an incoming asteroid down? Maybe pipe in a little Aerosmith to make it the moment?

We can only hope and pray that Elijah Wood and Leelee Sobieski spot the asteroid in time.