mike | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 24 2008 | neo, astronomy, mof, museum of flight, seattle, lecture
Looks like a really cool lecture at the Museum of Flight this Saturday.
Quoted: Near-Earth objects (NEOs, asteroids & comets) have been impacting Earth episodically for the past 4.5 billion years. They don't hit often, but when they do they are a serious threat to life & property. Ask the dinosaurs... they lost it all.
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