NASA: Earth Not Worth Saving

Actually, "odds are so low we can't be bothered".

NASA seemingly acknowledges that a space nasty could wipe us out, but seeing as it probably won't happen anytime soon, they'll just ignore it.

[this is the same stance taken by New Orleans powers-that-be. Rather than bolstering their defences at great expense, they decided it wouldn't happen during their term...]

Scott Pace, head of program analysis and evaluation at NASA, said the agency could not do more to detect NEOs "given the constrained resources and the strategic objectives NASA already has been tasked with."