Can we stop asteroids from hitting Earth? NASA Scientist Amy Mainzer explains

Star Trek's Robert Picardo and Dr. Amy Mainzer from NASA JPL discuss our efforts to look for asteroids and comets near Earth and how we plan to deflect the dangerous ones that could come our way.

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[pratikraut]

She looks like a scientist who will become a superhero after an accident in a lab. Looks soo gorgeous ❤

[thomass.]

That's the part with interviewing Amy taken from the older Planetary Post with Robert Picardo. Look for that one too, very interesting!

[enzopoletti]

Love her love her love her love her, what I miss? ah yes, love her.

[angelic]

At least some people are being professional and actually talking about this, unlike our so called "leadership"(and no its not just America thats behind on this).

[theforgottenbrawlers]

We became too self-aware, human consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution.

[PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bxzm]

Her name is pronounced MINE-zer? I've been saying MANE-zer for 20 years!

[george]

Imagine how attractive and intelligent your children would be, if Amy Mainzer were their mother.

[coreyc]

Hopefully the really big heavy object they plan on using to hit the astroids with is Not the Earth! 😂

[enzopoletti]

Nice woman. Valuable scientist. What more?

[BananaftRu]

Googling "Amy Mainzer action figure"

[sideswipe]

Not very many women age gracefully but Amy Mainzer is an exception to the rule. She’s still a very beautiful woman in her mid 40s. Why can’t all women take good care of themselves like her??? It’s seems like most women just let themselves go at a certain point in life. Good job to Amy for taking good care of herself. I wonder what her IQ is.