How to Stop A Killer Asteroid
This week — asteroids. Could a space rock really slam into us and destroy the world? And if we did spot one heading straight for us, is there anything we could do to stop it? We speak with asteroid researcher Dr. Alan Harris, astrophysicist Dr. Sergey Zamozdra, computational physicist Dr. Cathy Plesko, and physicist Dr. Andy Cheng.
Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2MrW1vp
Selected references:
Overview of Chelyabinsk impact and risk from asteroids: http://bit.ly/2ECSRQQ
How many asteroids are out there? http://bit.ly/34EhyHl
DART mission overview: http://bit.ly/2SkBBZ1
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