There are a lot of space conspiracies. And I think they are hinged upon the idea that somehow these things could be secret. The government prevents the whole world from knowing what's in the sky. So, yeah, but going back to what Marshall already started saying, you know, it's everybody thinks that there is this one telescope on earth that can absorb asteroids. There is no way.
Neil has his own asteroid?! On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Marcia Belsky answer fan questions about different types of asteroids with Marina Brozovic, orbital dynamicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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