NASA is Up to Something

Last night, an asteroid passed really close to the Earth. Well, it was over 300,000 miles away, but it was the closest an asteroid had ever passed. Looks like NASA needs to start watching Armageddon and Deep Impact to get some ideas on how to save the world.

Since the asteroid was so close, NASA took a couple pictures. I don't know about you, but when I hear NASA, I think of the most technologically advanced things on the planet. If the paparazzi can photograph every square inch of Britney's nether region in less than a second, then NASA can certainly get a decent picture of an asteroid. You would think.

Well, it turns out the classic 1979 video game Asteroids wasn't too far off. Here are two pictures. Which one is a game from 1979 and which one was taken with the most advanced cameras available in 2008?











What the hell is NASA doing with all that money?