Just a few thousand miles off

Next Tuesday, March 8 (not Saturday March 5, as earlier reported), an approximately 100-foot wide asteroid will sail by Earth about roughly 15,000 miles away.  That's a close one.

I know these things are moving fast, but if NASA really wants to catch one, why don't they figure out how to catch one that gets this close?

Uncertainty surrounds asteroid near-Earth flyby next week