Astronaut calls on government to check on 2036 asteroid threat
Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart is calling on the U.S. government to verify his calculation that a recently discovered asteroid has a remote chance of striking the Pacific Ocean in 2036 and creating a tidal wave that could devastate the California coast. Dubbed 2004 MN, the 320-meter (1,050...
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