Alive Quote by Rusty Schweickart

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

An asteroid impact in the worst case scenario is a terrifying thing. It seems very uncontrollable: in popular culture, it's often a metaphor for…

— Carrie Nugent

If we do our homework right, never again should an asteroid that can do damage on the ground impact the Earth. We're living in…

— Rusty Schweickart

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

An asteroid impact is a preventable natural disaster. It's in part preventable because we have the technology, and it's in part preventable because it's…

— Carrie Nugent

Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are,…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can…

— Anonymous

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

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

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

We can't say that when x happens we get a mass extinction. To the extent we understand mass extinction, one has been caused by…

— Elizabeth Kolbert

Threats that could wipe out the bulk of life on earth abound. Planetary catastrophe could come in the form of a killer asteroid impact,…

— Ramez Naam