To send a telescope to orbit the sun to detect Dangerous Things coming towards earth but space agencies like not already have projects which monitor Space Objects so why do you need your own private project to do this is not his program not enough. No the programs done by ness and other telescopes are around the world are fantastic and they are presently aiming to their next goal is to find the asteroids larger than one hundred meters that could hit the earth no one hundred metre asteroid would destroy a small country its quite large these surveys these telescopes will not do as well for asteroids smaller than that however as we just mentioned a forty meter asteroid is enough to destroy a very large city so there are going to be a lot of esther as in fact a great majority of asteroids that could do damage on earth are actually smaller than one hundred meters and would not be found by these current surveys or these these planned surveys so our goal at b six twelve foundation is to figur
A former astronaut about the dangers we face a life here on earth. Welcome to me Sophie Shevardnadze a giant asteroid like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs cross the earths past very often but smaller ones do all the time and while the boy did the danger so far our planet is still on prepared for any possible collision. Can we stop armageddon if it comes to it or is to earth defenseless against an asteroid strike when we ask former nasa astronaut asked a physicist and space and. As. The world becomes more familiar with whats beyond planet earth the potential dangers of space becoming more apparent with the threat of asteroids able to wipe out entire civilizations scarily close to our atmosphere so can we count of these dangers before its too late is humanitys existence simply a game of chance or is it in a sense to define and protect. Add blue physicists former astronaut c o b six twelve Foundation Welcome to the show its really great to have you with us thank you very much for hav
15pound rock 20 feet in the air. Reporter but chp says it found no evidence of anyone throwing anything onto the highway. Meantime caltrans said it subjected contracts for emergency projects. The work will be for approximately five miles of 680 southbound and one mile of state route 24. Weve had four, five months of heavy rain, inclement weather that further deteriorates the roadway. Reporter due to the heavy rains, caltrans says maintenance crews have conducted sweeping operations approximately ten times since late december to clean up loose materials. In walnut creek, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. To developing news now. A threeday ordeal is over tonight for evacuees living near the oroville dam. Butte county officials lifted the Evacuation Order for nearly 200,000 people in the oroville area south of chico. We learned a short time ago that fema approved governor browns request for federal assistance with the flooding threat. Officials say the damaged main spillway has been stable for
Damaged along the same stretch of road. Good evening on that you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. No one hurt but dozens of people said theyve had their windshields and sun roofs smashed while driving. The damage is clustered around highway 24 outside of chestnut creek. The chp thought someone was throwing objects down onto the freeway. They revealed the cause is something else. Reporter Melanie Woodrow shows you the answer came when they looked in a different direction. Reporter shattered windshields, broken glass, and a deafening sound. I immediately thought it was a gunshot. Reporter not once, not twice it was such a scary moment, and i can still hear the sound. It was just awful. Reporter but dozens of times since december. Today we had about 55 repo reported to chp. Reporter where interstate 680 meets 24 near an overpass. Luckily no one was seriously injured. Now chp says its not someone who is responsible, its something. All of the evidence weve gathered through o
A threeday ordeal is over for now. Butte county officials lifted the Evacuation Order for nearly 200,000 people in the oroville area south of chico. Officials say the damaged main spillway has been stable for four days. They have drained enough of the lake behind the dam so the damaged emergency spillway will not be needed. Were continuing to make significant gains in removing water from the reservoir, which drops the Water Surface elevation as indicated further reducing the risk. People in the area are urged to remain vigilanvigilant. Residents of the areas began heading home as soon as they heard the order was lifted. Laura anthony was with one of the families when they got the word. A lot of these families didnt have good options when they evacuated suddenly on sunday night. We talked with some today that said they had run out of money. They had enough for two nights in a local motel. So for them, the lifting of this order came just in time. Just really want to go home. His name is