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Officer, responsible for mapping thousands of near-earth asteroids, seen here in blue, that could threaten earth. so far, 10,000 seem big enough to cause a calamity if they were to hit our planet. in 2013, a small asteroid, roughly 60 feet across, exploded over russia, injuring more than 1600 people. >> if they were to impact, particularly in a populated area, it would be a natural disaster on the order of anything that we've ever dealt with. >> reporter: how vulnerable is the earth to one were these objects? >> if it's a large object, currently nothing to stop it. >> liftoff. >> reporter: nas...

>> anthony: what do they do down here? some pretty trippy shit as it turns out. this is the bicep in the dark sector lab and the south pole telescope, ten meters across mapping thousands of degrees of sky. today, they are installing the most advanced camera of its kind. >> dan: it's the third generation south pole telescope camera. 16,000 pixels, it weighs about 2,500 pounds. in a couple of days, we're going to pull it up into the telescope and try and see if we can hit the sky with it. >> anthony: very cool, it's like a bond villain stuff. >> dan: yeah, i know that's right. >> anthony: astrop...

>> anthony: what do they do down here? some pretty trippy shit as it turns out. this is the bicep in the dark sector lab and the south pole telescope, ten meters across mapping thousands of degrees of sky. today, they are installing the most advanced camera of its kind. >> dan: it's the third generation south pole telescope camera. 16,000 pixels, it weighs about 2,500 pounds. in a couple of days, we're going to pull it up into the telescope and try and see if we can hit the sky with it. >> anthony: very cool, it's like a bond villain stuff. >> dan: yeah, i know, that's right. >> anthony: astro...

♪ >> anthony: what do they do down here? some pretty trippy shit as it turns out. this is the bicep in the dark sector lab and the south pole telescope, ten meters across mapping thousands of degrees of sky. today, they are installing the most advanced camera of its kind. >> dan: it's the third generation south pole telescope camera. 16,000 pixels, it weighs about 2,500 pounds. in a couple of days, we're going to pull it up into the telescope and try and see if we can hit the sky with it. >> anthony: very cool, it's like a bond villain stuff. >> dan: yeah, i know that's right. >> anthony: as...

>> anthony: what do they do down here? some pretty trippy shit as it turns out. this is the bicep in the dark sector lab and the south pole telescope, ten meters across mapping thousands of degrees of sky. today, they are installing the most advanced camera of its kind. >> dan: it's the third generation south pole telescope camera. 16,000 pixels, it weighs about 2,500 pounds. in a couple of days, we're going to pull it up into the telescope and try and see if we can hit the sky with it. >> anthony: very cool, it's like a bond villain stuff. >> dan: yeah, i know that's right. >> anthony: astrop...