No government in the world today has explicitly assigned the responsibility for planetary protection to any of its agencies. Rusty Schweickart agencyassignexplicitly Change image and share on social
We're not passengers on Spaceship Earth. We're the crew. Rusty Schweickart crowearthpassenger Change image and share on social
As a former Apollo astronaut, I think it's safe to say that SpaceX and the other commercial developers embody the 21st century version of the Apollo frontier spirit. Rusty Schweickart 21stapolloastronaut Change image and share on social
Landing on the moon was a dream that millions of kids have had for hundreds of years. Rusty Schweickart dreamhundredkid Change image and share on social
All of us know today the value of communications satellites, weather satellites, resources satellites, etc. Rusty Schweickart communicationresourcesatellite Change image and share on social
The nice thing about asteroids is that once you've found them, and once you have a good solid orbit on them, you can predict a hundred years ahead of time whether there is a likelihood of an impact with Earth. Rusty Schweickart aheadasteroidearth share on social
When you look at the origins and evolution of life on Earth, it's been severely affected by asteroid impacts through history. Rusty Schweickart affectasteroidearth Change image and share on social
The frontier in space, embodied in the space colony, is one in which the interactions between humans and their environment is so much more sensitive and interactive and less tolerant of irresponsibility than it is on the whole surface of the Earth. Rusty Schweickart colonyearthembody share on social
An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth. These are big events. I mean, this is called extinction. Rusty Schweickart aliveasteroidbig Change image and share on social
