Dr. Seth Shostak is the Senior Astronomer and Director of the Center for SETI Research at the the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. Inspired by a book about the solar system he read at the age of ten, he began his career with a degree in physics from Princeton University and a PhD in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology before working with radio telescopes in the US and the Netherlands to uncover the presence of dark matter.

In 1999, he produced twelve 30-minute lectures on audio-tape and video titled “The Search for Intelligent Life in Space” for the Teaching Company and has hosted SETI’s Big Picture Science podcast since 2002. In 2010, he was elected as a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and was the Chair of the International Academy of Astronautics SETI Permanent Study Group for a decade. He has published four books, over 500 popular articles on astronomy, technology, film and television and gives frequent talks to both young and adult audiences.

In this fantastic talk, Seth tell us some of the things that asteroids have done for us which are ACTUALLY GOOD!

Enjoy:

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Asteroid Day, June 30th 2015
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, California