Advance Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

It has only been within my lifetime that asteroids have been considered a credible threat to our planet. And since then, there's been a…

— Carrie Nugent

Some asteroids have us in their sights. Be nice to sort of go near them and find out what they're made of, possibly tag…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The nice thing about asteroids is that once you've found them, and once you have a good solid orbit on them, you can predict…

— Rusty Schweickart

NEOWISE has two goals: One is to characterize asteroids, figure out how big and how bright they are, really basic information about these bodies;…

— Carrie Nugent

The hazards posed by Near-Earth Asteroids are assessed by Sentry, a computer system developed by the Near-Earth Objects Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory…

— Brendan I. Koerner

There are physical bodies, physical worlds that astronauts could visit, that we haven't found yet. Especially, there's these close approaches of asteroids. They pass…

— Carrie Nugent

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

Asteroid detection, tracking, and defense of our planet is something that NASA, its interagency partners, and the global community take very seriously.

— John M. Grunsfeld

I think the public perception about asteroids is that they're kind of metaphors for acts of God, the fact that we have no control…

— Carrie Nugent

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

On the whole, asteroids tend to leave Earth alone. And day to day, there really isn't cause for most people to give them any…

— Carrie Nugent

The best thing to do is to study these asteroids so we know the range of parameters we would have to deal with and…

— Carrie Nugent