‘Asteroid Day’ to Raise Awareness of Space Rock Threat
November 6, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO — Humanity can dramatically reduce its frightening vulnerability to cataclysmic asteroid strikes with just a little extra funding and a little extra effort.
That’s the main message of “Asteroid Day,” an educational campaign that launched today (Dec. 3) at a joint news conference held both here at the California Academy of Sciences and in London. Asteroid Day aims to raise awareness of the threats posed by space rocks and eventually help boost the rate of near-Earth asteroid discovery by a factor of 100.
“We need all nations to cooperate,” said astrophysicist Brian May, who is also a founding member and lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. “This is not just an American problem or a British problem; this is a world problem which is avertable. That’s our message.”
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