On Jun 29, 4:35*am, wrote:
"Asteroids could be heading for Earth right now, and the
world should not have to live in fear. At least that's the
message of a group of scientists and former astronauts
working on the issue. They announced plans today to
launch the first privately funded deep space mission in
history, a space telescope that would make sure the
coast is clear for us."

See:

http://gma.yahoo.com/asteroid-hunter...ivate-deep-spa...

how about using one of those NRO castoffs?