[caption id="attachment_614" align="alignright" width="460"] Computer generated simulation of an asteroid strike on the Earth. Credit: Don Davis/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] “If we get hit 20 years from now, that’s not bad luck. That’s stupidity.” That’s what former NASA astronaut Ed Lu had to say about asteroids and our efforts...
While we all enjoy the beauty surrounding us in Mon- tecito, we are often reminded by tremors that this is “Earthquake Central.” We hear and read continually that the question is not if “The Big One” is coming, but when. Just imagine if you could...
Over a million of these NEAs have the power to inflict damage a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima during the Second World War. Alarmingly, the Tunguska event that took place in 1908 was the largest recorded impact event, as...
Changing the course of the solar system: Dr. Ed Lu at TEDxMarin...
"‘Playing Roulette with the Earth," Newsmakers on ABC News, Yahoo! News, February 14, 2013 Ed Lu, who has spent seven months of his life in space, can sometimes sound nonchalant about it. But he’s really not. “Yes, they managed to kick me off the planet three times,”...
CNN's Erin Burnett interviews Ed Lu, February 15, 2013 Can we stop an incoming asteroid? OutFront with more information on our planet’s twin asteroid scares today is Ed Lu, a former astronaut who has logged over 200 days in space and now spends part of his time...
B-roll footage with selected quotes from B612 Chair Emeritus and Co-founder Rusty Schweickart, CEO Dr. Ed Lu, and Program Manager Dr. Howard Reitsema. ...