If all the potentially threatening asteroids were discovered, however, the risk to Earth would no longer be a matter of chance. We would know whether a collision is imminent. The time of impact could be predicted centuries in advance, and the place of impact could be predicted fairly accurately decades in advance.


Plaque at Meteor Crater, Arizona, United States of America - Statement, Near-Earth Asteroids - April 19, 1997

Eugene Merle Shoemaker Quotes

If all the potentially threatening asteroids were discovered, however, the risk to Earth would no longer be a matter of chance. We would know whether ...

If all the potentially threatening asteroids were discovered, however, the risk to Earth would no longer be a matter of chance. We would know whether ...

If all the potentially threatening asteroids were discovered, however, the risk to Earth would no longer be a matter of chance. We would know whether ...

If all the potentially threatening asteroids were discovered, however, the risk to Earth would no longer be a matter of chance. We would know whether ...