Asteroids Quote by Wernher von Braun

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

— Nathan Myhrvold

We have a telescope that takes images, and we use a very nice computer program to isolate the moving images. And then, every potentially…

— Carrie Nugent

By searching the sky now, me and other asteroid hunters hope to give us the early warning - ideally decades - that we need.…

— Carrie Nugent

I would love to see the world's space programs continue toward sending humans to an asteroid or to Mars, with, of course, a full…

— Marc Garneau

I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny robotic craft.

— Martin Rees

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

We look forward with great anticipation to see the course that the National Space Council charts for America's future in space.

— Bruce Pittman

I personally look forward to building the Orion. I believe that our country needs to pursue that technology.

— Sunita Williams

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

Personally, I've got bigger hopes for NASA. I will stipulate it should keep putting telescopes in space so we can figure out where we…

— Homer Hickam

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

For a long time, weve worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes.…

— Andrew Gould