In honor of #AsteroidDay, Bill Nye – resident ‘science guy’ and CEO of the Planetary Society – provides us with a little cosmic perspective with what he calls “the asteroid test.”
Support the #FightforSpace by sharing this with others, writing to your legislators voicing your endorsement for a strong commitment to robust NASA funding, and make sure to sign the 100X Asteroid Declaration to:
Employ available technology to detect and track Near-Earth Asteroids that threaten human populations via governments and private and philanthropic organisations.
A rapid hundred-fold acceleration of the discovery and tracking of Near-Earth Asteroids to 100,000 per year within the next ten years.
Global adoption of Asteroid Day, heightening awareness of the asteroid hazard and our efforts to prevent impacts, on June 30, 2015.