SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM GETTING RESULTS.
>> THE CHANCES OF AN ASTEROID
HITTING EARTH AND AFFECTING US.
>> DURING OUR LIFETIMES IS
EXTREMELY LOW. IT’S MUCH LOWER
MUCH MUCH LOWER THAN WINNING
THE
LOTTERY RIGHT. AND YOU DON’T
COUNT ON WINNING THE LOTTERY TO
PAY RENT.
>> SO THAT’S A BAD A GOOD
LITTLE PIECE OF ADVICE
THERE BUT IF YOU HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT UCF
PROFESSOR UMBERTO CAMPAIGNS
JUST SAID AND IT COMES UP
DURING A SHOWING OF THE MOVIE
ARMAGEDDON YOU’RE GOING TO BE
PREPARED WITH AN
ANSWER RIGHT. THE PLANETARY
SCIENTIST HAS MADE NUMEROUS
APPEARANCES HERE ON NEWS 6 AT
NIGHT WE LOVE ALL OF HIS
INSIGHT ON THE SPACE
AND SCIENCE.
>> JULIE: AND THIS WEEK, HE
WAS A GUEST ON OUR SPACE
CURIOUS PODCAST. PODCAST HOST
AND NEWS 6 SPACE REPORTER
EMILEE SPECK JOINS US NOW I’M
EMILY SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS
EPISODE IS ALL ABOUT
ASTEROIDS SO. A VERY IMPORTANT
QUESTION HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE
THESE
ASTEROIDS ARE.
>> THERE’S A LOT OF WAYS WE
KNOW WHERE THESE ASTEROIDS ARE
BUT ONE OF OUR OTHER GUESTS
ON THE SHOW AND VERY KEY SHE
ACTUALLY HELPS TRACK ASTEROIDS
AND SHE’S DOWN IN PUERTO RICO
AT THE SECOND. WORLD’S LARGEST
OBSERVATORY SO WE DO KNOW WHERE
THESE ASTEROIDS ARE AND IT’S
KIND OF A 3RD JOB TO TRACK
THESE NEAR
EARTH ASTEROIDS IT’S A LITTLE
SCARY THOUGHT ABOUT IT COMING
CLOSER TO US IS THERE ANY WAY
THAT YOU CAN KIND
OF HELP.
>> PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THAT AND
THEN MAYBE WANTED A LOT OF
BRITISH AND FEEL BETTER
ABOUT THAT.
>> WELL THAT’S KIND OF WHAT
INSPIRED THIS EPISODE IS I KNOW
YOU’VE SEEN THE HEADLINES I’VE
SEEN THE HEADLINES. IT’S YOU
KNOW THIS ASTEROID IS COMING
TOWARDS
EARTH. WELL. IT’S COMING
TOWARDS EARTH. BUT LET’S
REMEMBER SPACE IS HUGE SO WHEN
WE’RE SAYING IT’S COMING NEAR
EARTH MOST LIKELY IT’S VERY
RARE IF SOMETHING PASSES
BETWEEN SAY THE EARTH AND THEN
DID SO THAT’S A VERY FAR
DISTANCE WE DO HAVE ONE COMING
UP, I THINK IN 2029, IT’S
CALLED UP OFFICE AND IT’S GOING
TO PASS CLOSER TO EARTH KIND OF
NEAR WHERE THE EARTH ORBITING
SATELLITES OR SO THAT’S PRETTY
CLOSE BUT IT’S NOT EXPECTED
TO HIT.
>> JULIE: OK IT WILL BE VERY ON
BRAND FOR ONE AND FOR 2024 1 TO
COME PRETTY CLOSE
TO US. SO WHO IS IN CHARGE OF
KEEPING US UPDATED ON ANY
POTENTIAL THREATS.
>> RIGHT NASA HAS AN OFFICE OF
PLANETARY DEFENSE AND THAT’S
KIND OF THEIR JOB WHEN
SOMETHING IS COMING
CLOSE TO TO ALERT OTHER
SCIENTISTS TO ALERT THE
COMMUNITY TO ALERT
THE PUBLIC AND IF SOMETHING
WERE TO HAPPEN THAT. IT’S
COMING CLOSE ENOUGH FOR CONCERN
IT WOULD DEFINITELY COME FROM
THAT OFFICE. NOW THIS ISN’T NEW
EMILY, I MEAN FOREVER WE HAVE
PROBABLY HAD ASTEROIDS COMING
CLOSE AND MAYBE DIDN’T HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY TO REALLY TRACK IT
BUT AT THIS POINT DO WE HAVE
SOME SORT OF LINE OF DEFENSE
AGAINST THEM.
SO THAT’S ANOTHER REALLY GREAT
QUESTION BECAUSE NASA IS
ACTUALLY WORKING ON ONE OF ITS
FIRST DEFENSE MISSIONS. IT’S
CALLED DART AND THE PLAN IS
BASICALLY TO SEND A SPACECRAFT
AND THEY’RE KIND OF
GOING TO PUSH AND A SMALLER
ASTEROID THAT’S ORBITING A
BIGGER ASKED RIGHT AND SEE IF
THEY CAN CHANGE ITS TRAJECTORY.
SO IT’S NOT QUITE ARMAGEDDON
BUT IT IS PRETTY COOL AND THAT
TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE A GOOD TEST
OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO IF
SOMETHING IS COMING CLOSE AND
ENDANGERING
THE PLANET.
>> JULIE: TROY STANDING RIGHT
OFF CAMERA HE LIKES THAT
QUESTION HE LIKES TO KNOW THAT
THERE IS A PLAN NOW YOU SPOKE
WITH PROFESSOR CAMPAIGNS AND
HE IS A LOT OF WORK WITH SIGH
CYRUS WRECKS PROJECT AND YOU
SPOKE WITH HIM JUST HOURS
BEFORE THAT BOOK WE’VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT HOW EXCITED WAS
HE
ABOUT THIS.
>> I WAS SO WE ALL LOVE
HUMBERTO RIGHT YOU COMBINE ALL
THE TIME AND HE JUST WOWS US
WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE OF ASTEROIDS
BUT HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON
ASTOR DID RESEARCH FOR MOST
OF HIS CAREER AND SO HE WAS
JUST SO SO EXCITED. BUT I ALSO
GOT TO TALK TALK TO
HIM ABOUT.
>> I KNOW 20 OR 30 MINUTES
AFTER THAT BOOP HAPPENED AND
THAT WAS SOME SERIOUS
EXCITEMENT AND HE SEEMS TO
THINK THAT WE’RE GOING TO FIND
OUT THIS WEEKEND BUT HE SEEMS
TO THINK THAT THEY GOT A REALLY
BIG COLLECTION SO FINGERS
CROSSED THAT
THAT HAPPENS.
>> WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT THE
SATURDAY WHEN THEY SEND THE
SPACECRAFT ON LIKE A LITTLE
TWIRL
AND THOUGH BE ABLE TO MEASURE
HOW MUCH THEY ACTUALLY GOT
GOING FIND OUT THIS WEEKEND.
WE
LOVE THAT THAT
WAS GREAT.
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