“Asteroids are deep-space bodies orbiting the Sun, not the Earth, and t...” — Rusty Schweickart Quote

“Asteroids are deep-space bodies orbiting the Sun, not the Earth, and traveling to one would mean sending humans into solar orbit for the very first time. Facing those challenges of radiation, navigation and life support on a months-long trip millions of miles from home would be a perfect learning journey before a Mars trip.”

“It would take an extremely large spacecraft to deflect a large asteroid that would be headed directly for the Earth.”

“No government in the world today has explicitly assigned the responsibility for planetary protection to any of its agencies.”

“There's something about us as stand-ups that when we're on our feet, we feel more in control of the situation and in control of our bodies and our delivery.”

“When someone is suffering, you have to see this in the body and the face. I say all the time that actors use their bodies like objects of war.”

“Thinking back to boyhood days, I remember the bright sun on Harlem streets, the easy rhythms of black and brown bodies, the sounds of children streaming in and out of red brick tenements.”