19b. The Asteroid Challenge: Will We Be Ready? (February 10, 2009)

Astrobiology and Space Exploration (Winter 2009)

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Guest lecturer Rusty Schweickart gives the second part of the tenth lecture, "The Asteroid Challenge: Will We Be Ready?" for Professor Lynn Rothschild's Astrobiology and Space Exploration course. (February 10, 2009)

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