Near Earth Object Quotes (3 quotes)
Asteroids are natures way of asking, How's that space program going?
On Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. As quoted in Jeffrey Kluger, 'The Man Who Guards the Planet', Time (9 Jun 2014), 37.
Its our job to make sure the solar system is well-behaved. Asteroid strikes are what we call low-probability, high consequence events. If were not investing in some kind of insurance, one of them, one day, could take us all out.
On Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. As quoted in Jeffrey Kluger, 'The Man Who Guards the Planet', Time (9 Jun 2014), 36.
[There are only three ways to increase our chances against an asteroid aimed at Earth:] Find it early; find it early; find it early.
On Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. As quoted in Bridget Mintz Testa, 'Saving the Earth by Inches Per Second', Mechanical Engineering (1 Apr 2014), 136, No. 4, 20.