5 Ways to Stop a Killer Asteroid
Asteroids incoming! Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Help translate our videos! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g When it comes to dangerous asteroids striking Earth, it s not a matter of if, it s a matter of when. We have begun to track projectiles large enough to destroy our planet, and we are in the clear for the foreseeable future. However, there are countless asteroids large enough to take out an entire city that we cannot see. Matthew O Dowd goes over our defensive options in this week s episode of Space Time! Further Reading: _______________________ B612 and the Sentinel mission: http://sentinelmission.org/ NASA s Near Earth Object program, with links to contributing international search programs: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ The Hypervelocity Asteroid Impact Vehicle: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2012_phaseII_fellows_wie.html#.VkzwkmSrT1o Comments: _______________________ William George https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJONS7sqi0o&lc=z13aullhftejgbnpn04cg3vgztnesntrkws0k 794651519 cly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJONS7sqi0o&lc=z12pfx5ieluufv5av04chdgykknbc31xpw40k Sam Shields https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJONS7sqi0o&lc=z13rxb1xjwjyffiju04cjzkz1w25f52rqtk0k DivShadow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJONS7sqi0o&lc=z13tulsy1zvzztj0u22wilmgfy2yy1lod04
