NATURE’S WAY OF REMINDING US TO GET THAT SPACE PROGRAM GOING: Asteroid Will Pass Agonizingly Close To Earth. “Space hits the headlines once again this week and this time it doesn’t concern far away objects or potential missions to Mars, but rather an asteroid. In fact this particular space story involves an object that will pass incredibly close to Earth. An asteroid is set to fly past our planet on March 7, passing within 11,000 miles. . . . According to scientists, there is no danger that we will be hit by the space rock. However it will fly underneath some communications satellites. The 100 foot wide space rock has been christened Asteroid 2013 TX68.” Yes, 11,000 miles is half the altitude of a geosynchronous satellite.