"Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Urgent Plan to Deflect Earthbound Asteroid"
Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson suggests using the recent asteroid sample return mission as a reason to develop a defense program to deflect potentially Earth-bound asteroids. Tyson emphasizes the importance of not blowing up asteroids but rather finding kinder, gentler ways to deflect them from their collision course with Earth. The NASA spacecraft, Osiris-Rex, successfully delivered samples from the asteroid Bennu after a seven-year journey, and scientists estimate that the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid.
