Here's what we do if an asteroid is headed to earth

Asteroids hitting the Earth have been a staple of Hollywood blockbusters. But what do we actually do to stop one?
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Luckily, there are people like Kirsten Howley, a Lawrence Livermore National Lab researcher, who has a game plan for dealing with this potential danger. And strangely enough, it doesn't seem to involve Bruce Willis.
0:00 Asteroids are all around us
0:39 How Hollywood depicts asteroids
1:23 How much time do we have to act?
2:10 HAMMER
2:54 What are asteroids made of?
3:06 A gentler approach
3:42 Diplomacy
4:03 Should we be worried???
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🧠 The research highlighted in this video was supported in part by the DOE and NASA
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  • @fig1
    @fig1 Жыл бұрын

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  • @lilliejohnson6930
    @lilliejohnson69303 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed the video. It was educational. Thanks for sharing!

  • @TheyCallMeNewb
    @TheyCallMeNewb3 жыл бұрын

    This remains, it seems, a very strong channel. My former university - or nourishing mother - certainly lacks the same. I'm just relieved that I happened to have this new upload recommended to me!

  • @djangokill65
    @djangokill653 жыл бұрын

    More Fig. 1 pls.

  • @lorenzoo90
    @lorenzoo903 жыл бұрын

    So let's say I was a idk person with a hypothesis about asteroid defense would said person summit plan to LLNL?

  • @marge5445
    @marge54453 жыл бұрын

    Pedantic, yes, but just pointing out here that the movie Deep Impact was about a comet rather than an asteroid.

  • @Prashantgupta12345
    @Prashantgupta123453 жыл бұрын

    So can we assume that this is the new 2012.🙄

  • @envyxsavi8033
    @envyxsavi80333 жыл бұрын

    One's supposed to hit us in 20-30 years