How Science Keeps Earth Safe from Hazardous Asteroids

Explore the critical topic of planetary defense in this informative National Space Society Space Forum featuring Jonathan Dagle, a technologist, futurist, and strategist. Delve into the real dangers posed by asteroids that cross Earth's orbit and learn about the devastating potential of impacts like the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor event. Discover the efforts being made by NASA and researchers to combat these threats, including the successful DART mission and the development of advanced detection technologies. Gain insights into the National Space Society's goals for defending Earth from dangerous space objects and their advocacy for increased congressional attention to near-Earth object threats. Listen as Dagle, the NSS Policy Chair and Planetary Defense Policy Manager, provides a comprehensive overview of the asteroid threat, explains how planetary defense works in practice, and discusses future developments in this crucial field of study.