Editing Spaceguard (section)

== Issues ==
According to [[Michael A'Hearn|Dr. Michael F. A'Hearn]], a typical mission would take too long from approval to launch if there was an emergency:

{{cquote|REP. STEWART: ... are we technologically capable of launching something that could intercept [an asteroid]? ... DR. A'HEARN: No. If we had spacecraft plans on the books already, that would take a year ... I mean a typical small mission ... takes four years from approval to start to launch ...|author=[[Chris Stewart (politician)|Rep. Chris Stewart (R, UT)]] and [[Michael A'Hearn|Dr. Michael F. A'Hearn]], 10 April 2013|source=[[United States Congress]]<ref name="US-Congress-20130410">{{cite web |author=U.S.Congress |title=Threats From Space: a Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and mitigate Asteroids and Meteors (Part I and Part II) - Hearing Before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology House of Representatives One Hundred Thirteenth Congress First Session |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-113hhrg80552/pdf/CHRG-113hhrg80552.pdf |date=Spring 2013 |type=Hearings held 19 March 2013 and 10 April 2013 |page=147 |work=[[United States Congress]] |access-date=3 May 2014 }}</ref>}}
Lack of a master plan and dangers of false alarms have been pointed out by Stefan Lövgren.<ref>Stefan Lovgren (2004-03-08), "[https://web.archive.org/web/20040309084714/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0308_040308_asteroidimpact.html Asteroid False Alarm Shows Limits of Alert Systems], ''National Geographic News''. (accessed on 2010-06-26)</ref>