Asteroids Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Sooner or later, we will face a catastrophic threat from space. Of all the possible threats, only a gigantic asteroid hit can destroy the…

— Michio Kaku

Asteroids have hit the Earth millions of times. We can see them as shooting stars every night. When they get bigger, things get complicated.…

— Rusty Schweickart

The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

If you get asteroids about a kilometer in size, those are large enough and carry enough energy into our system to disrupt transportation, communication,…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Sooner or later the space program will need to save us by detecting and deflecting an incoming asteroid.

— Nathan Myhrvold

We have the capability - physically, technically - to protect the Earth from asteroid impacts. We are now able to very slightly and subtly…

— Rusty Schweickart

People have to take seriously the threat coming from asteroids and what it represents. As Chelyabinsk reminded us, we have to take asteroids as…

— Kesha Rogers

Our biggest threat is not an asteroid about to crash into us, something we can do nothing about. Instead, all the major threats facing…

— Jared Diamond

With enough money and international coordination, we can push incoming asteroids out of Earth's path. We might even be able to bring back extinct…

— Annalee Newitz

An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth. These are big events. I mean, this…

— Rusty Schweickart

Asteroids are often seen as a threat, but they are also an opportunity. The use of space resources holds a large potential for future…

— Etienne Schneider