Fears about an "Armageddon"-like space rock collision have prompted the United Nations to create an International Asteroid Warning Group and a plan for deflecting an incoming asteroid. Respected scientist-astronauts have been saying it for years: We need to prepare. But before the UN General Assembly approved...
The Exploding Asteroid Threat WATCH LIVE: Defending Earth From Asteroids On October 25, 2013, a panel of astronauts and cosmonauts discussed the asteroid threat and what we can do to prevent impacts and injury. Moderated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, this panel was hosted by the American Museum of...
The explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia this past February made the danger of asteroids loud and clear. Although it is only 17 meters (56 feet) in diameter, the asteroid's explosion injured 1000 people and shattered nearly every window in the Russian city. And humans know of...
[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...
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...
B612 Foundation on ABC World News, February 13, 2013. ...
B-roll footage with selected quotes from B612 Chair Emeritus and Co-founder Rusty Schweickart, CEO Dr. Ed Lu, and Mission Director Dr. Harold Reitsema....
B-roll footage with selected quotes from B612 Chair Emeritus and Co-founder Rusty Schweickart, CEO Dr. Ed Lu, and Program Architect Dr. Scott Hubbard....
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. ...