If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it’s game over. It’s control-alt-delete for civilization. – Bill Nye

“The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming, what’s our excuse?” – Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackle as if she laid an asteroid." – Mark Twain .

"There's no accepted global policy on what to do about asteroid impacts." – Rusty Schweickart .

"I think every time we send a spacecraft to an asteroid or comet, we learn more." – Carrie Nugent .

."An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth.