Luckily, there are some rocks left over from our earliest days, asteroids formed during our solar system's birth. Occasionally, some of them… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you can make a good picture that actually has some substance, that's doubly good nowadays 'cause most everybody else is trying… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Small bodies in our solar system, like comets and asteroids, help us understand how the solar system formed and provide opportunities to… — John M. Grunsfeld Copy Share Image
The first credible humans-to-Mars plans are starting to weave together in public-private partnerships. In fact, I can say with some authority that… — Rick Tumlinson Copy Share Image
Why are hemorrhoids called hemorrhoids and asteroids called asteroids? Wouldn't it make more sense if it was the other way around? But… — Robert Schimmel Copy Share Image
To set foot on the soil of the asteroids, to lift by hand a rock from the Moon, to observe Mars from… — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Copy Share Image
Because our lungs regularly deal with carbon dioxide, they see nothing wrong with absorbing its cousin, SiO2, which can be fatal. Many… — Sam Kean Copy Share Image
It occurred to Susan that men were always waiting for something cataclysmic-love or war or a giant asteroid. Every man wanted to… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm extraordinarily passionate about the idea of asteroid mining in the future. Asteroids out there, we know them from those that have… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
The shuttle tomorrow is truly like laying the last spike on the transcontinental railroad, only much more so. And whether or not… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
We can't say that when x happens we get a mass extinction. To the extent we understand mass extinction, one has been… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
There is a one-in-300 chance that Earth will be struck on March 16, 2880, by an asteroid large enough to destroy civilization… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
Now, once again, we find ourselves facing rising gas prices, and the question is: This time, are we going to learn from… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
With enough money and international coordination, we can push incoming asteroids out of Earth's path. We might even be able to bring… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
American writers often say they find it difficult to write Superman. They say he's too powerful; you can't give him problems. But… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
There's no accepted global policy on what to do about asteroid impacts. — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid… — Ellen Ochoa Copy Share Image
People have discovered asteroids in the Main Belt that outgas like comets, and things on cometary orbits that no longer outgas -… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
Sooner or later disasters such as an asteroid collision or a nuclear war could wipe us all out, But once we spread… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think Dawn has done an amazing job showing that asteroids aren't just hunks of rock. They're worlds - they're places an… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
I don't want people to spend their nights worrying about getting hit by asteroids. But I do want them to encourage their… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
An asteroid could hit us at any moment. This is not - and also, the most successful kind of life on this… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth. These are big events. I… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
I played mostly games like Asteroids and Pac-Man. Today, when I go into an arcade, the games are much more difficult and… — Brandi Chastain Copy Share Image
...they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I agree that we should go back to the moon and on to Mars. We should treat all objects in the solar… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Asteroids are often seen as a threat, but they are also an opportunity. The use of space resources holds a large potential… — Etienne Schneider Copy Share Image
The basic method to find asteroids hasn't changed much in hundreds of years. So asteroids in a telescope look just like stars… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.' — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Why can't we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Democrats do have a historic race going. Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama. Normally, when you see a black man or a woman… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
We made and spent at least 10 million dollars. The thing is, we heard that the planet was going to end in… — Spencer Pratt Copy Share Image
Money is becoming increasingly plastic and digital. If there is a major disaster, let's say an asteroid strike, we'll go back to… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
Eventually, I believe, everything evens out. Long ago an asteroid hit our planet and killed our dinosaurs. But in the future, maybe… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
If you get asteroids about a kilometer in size, those are large enough and carry enough energy into our system to disrupt… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It would be great if we were on multiple planets, but I think that's unrealistic. Hawking says we have to be on… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
We no longer need to discuss whether or not it is safe – over a decade and a half with three trillion… — Mark Lynas Copy Share Image
