HELLO FUTURE: Should We Nuke an Asteroid (to Save the Moon)?

Kevin Cirilli welcomes back Dr. Ed Lu, Executive Director of the Asteroid Institute and veteran NASA astronaut, to discuss a headline straight out of Armageddon: should we use nuclear weapons to stop an asteroid — not from hitting Earth, but the Moon? A team of scientists, including NASA researchers, has floated the idea of nuking an asteroid that poses a small threat of colliding with the Moon in 2032. Kevin and Ed explore the science, ethics, and strategy behind this audacious plan — and what it reveals about humanity’s growing power to reshape, and defend, our place in the cosmos.Meet The Future: https://mtf.tv/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.