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	Articles by Rusty Schweickart We can prevent asteroid impacts — the last great hurdle is working together In early October, a small asteroid, about the size of a VW bug, impacted Earth coming in over Sudan. It was very special. This sort of event happens every several months on average, so just why was this one... POSTED Wednesday, November 26, 2008 We have the know-how to save Earth from asteroids, but have we the will? How you can save the world, or more precisely, what I can do to save the world, has driven me full time for the past 7 years. As a former astronaut, sometime scientist, and dogged good public policy pusher,... POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008