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Published 15:27 12 Jan 2016 GMT
Updated 15:29 12 Jan 2016 GMT
Lindley Johnson, the person responsible for the newly-formed department, explains that if attempts to deflect an asteroid out of Earth's way prove unsuccessful, the PDCO would have to work to prepare people in potential impact zones.
'The formal establishment of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office makes it evident that the agency is committed to perform a leadership role in national and international efforts for detection of these natural impact hazards, and to be engaged in planning if there is a need for planetary defense,' he said in a NASA news release.
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