I read the NASA bollide story, then went to the link provided to the NASA site.
Hey, guess what, NASA does seem to provide the background data at
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/stats/
Your point on NASA putting their interpretation front and centre is still valid, but it seems that they also provide background data.
I entered the data into a spreadsheet, and charted it and it is quite interesting, a sample:
total bollide events by decade
1900 58
1910 62
1920 74
1930 86
1940 110
1950 140
1960 173
1970 205
1980 315
1990 67,826
2000 137,945
2010 to present(16Nov14) 1,763,347
I am no expert, someone may want to check the data out to confirm, but the increase is pretty dramatic!
according to Near Earth Objects only, by decade
1900 28
1910 30
1920 34
1930 38
1940 44
1950 53
1960 60
1970 68
1980 95
1990 18,876
2000 408,031
2010-present 543,864
it is entirely possible that I have missed something here, but it appears that no matter which way you look at it, there has been and continues to be a dramatic increase in space events.
Hey, guess what, NASA does seem to provide the background data at
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/stats/
Your point on NASA putting their interpretation front and centre is still valid, but it seems that they also provide background data.
I entered the data into a spreadsheet, and charted it and it is quite interesting, a sample:
total bollide events by decade
1900 58
1910 62
1920 74
1930 86
1940 110
1950 140
1960 173
1970 205
1980 315
1990 67,826
2000 137,945
2010 to present(16Nov14) 1,763,347
I am no expert, someone may want to check the data out to confirm, but the increase is pretty dramatic!
according to Near Earth Objects only, by decade
1900 28
1910 30
1920 34
1930 38
1940 44
1950 53
1960 60
1970 68
1980 95
1990 18,876
2000 408,031
2010-present 543,864
it is entirely possible that I have missed something here, but it appears that no matter which way you look at it, there has been and continues to be a dramatic increase in space events.