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London Guardian
March 24, 2013

Physicist and former Nasa astronaut, Dr. Ed Lu, discusses the possible threat that near-Earth asteroids pose to our planet.

Lu claims there is a 30% chance of a five mega tonne impact happening this century. He says technologies exist that may prevent impacts to Earth, but without years of advance notice there would be ‘no option’.

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This article was posted: Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 8:55 am

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