This chapter explores the potential discovery of life's building blocks within asteroids and the risks and protocols associated with bringing samples from space back to Earth.
Will an asteroid hit Earth in 2182? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about asteroid mining, OSIRIS-REx sample-return, and the origins of life with cosmochemist Natalie Starkey.
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