Rusty Schweickart quotes

There's no accepted global policy on what to do about asteroid impacts. (Rusty Schweickart)
We're not passengers on Spaceship Earth. We're the crew. View quote
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I don't want people to spend their nights worrying about getting hit by asteroids. But I do want them to encourage their political leaders to invest in the insurance, which will allow us to prevent it from happening. View quote
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We have the capability - physically, technically - to protect the Earth from asteroid impacts. We are now able to very slightly and subtly reshape the solar system in order to enhance human survival. View quote
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Landing on the moon was a dream that millions of kids have had for hundreds of years. View quote
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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. View quote
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It would take an extremely large spacecraft to deflect a large asteroid that would be headed directly for the Earth. View quote
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By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can take responsibility for preserving this amazing evolutionary experiment of which we and all life on Earth are a part. View quote
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