Doomsday Asteroid - NOVA

What was the Tunguska event - Siberia, USSR- 1908. Did the asteroid actually hit the earth? What damage occurred?

Why is Weathersfield CT important in the meteorite community??

What are Meteorites? What is the difference between comets and asteroids? Where do they originate from?

What are examples of young meteorite impact that have been witnessed by humans?

Catastrophism, but Uniformitarianism. How are craters and cratering viewed in each?

What happened in the 1950’s that put “Fireballs” into modern thought?

What is the typical structure of a crater?

How do we determine if we are in trouble? What do we look for?

How did Alverez’s the KT impact event? What is the geological evicence?

How many people are looking for near-earth orbiting asteroids?

How many large earth-crossing asteroids are there out there?

How has the military developed systems that could be used to track and destroy asteroids and meteorites?

How could a body be diverted from a certain collision with earth? What do you need to do? Can we just lobe a nuke on an asteroid like they do in the movies?

What is the Shoemaker-levy comet(s). What and when did it impact?