An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth. These are big events. I mean, this is called extinction.

While we didn't know the dinosaurs personally, we do know that they were wiped out by an asteroid impact.

In the short term, some deadly virus might be more important, but in the long run there is hardly anything more important than asteroids.

For the first time in history, we have the chance to change the path of a celestial body. Let's realize what we're talking about here. We would be slightly changing the mechanics of our solar system to enhance our survival. That is gigantic!

You almost wish you could turn off the COMM and just appreciate the deafening quiet.

Journalists often put things into either-or scenarios.

Asteroids have hit the Earth millions of times. We can see them as shooting stars every night. When they get bigger, things get complicated. It is only a matter of time until a big one hits us. And since we can do something about it, we should.