Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

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Hundreds of events in multiple countries are slated to take place on June 30 – the anniversary of Earth’s largest asteroid impact in recorded history: the 1908 Siberia Tunguska incident that flattened 770 square miles (2,000 square kilometers) of forest in Siberia, Russia.

Events for Asteroid Day 2017 are being planned on all five continents and include participation this year from major space agencies: European Space Agency (ESA); Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) and NASA.

Raise awareness

Asteroid Day was co-founded in 2014, by Brian May, astrophysicist and lead guitarist for the rock band Queen; Danica Remy, B612 President; Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart; and German filmmaker Grig Richters.

Last year, Asteroid Day was sanctioned by the United Nations as a global day of education to raise awareness about asteroids.

But there’s more, such as how our world can be rocked by asteroids and what can be done to protect humanity from dangerous impacts and facilitate future exploration.

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Global conversation

As a unique element to Asteroid Day, there’s a first ever 24-hour live broadcast about the asteroid threat.  Produced from the new Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE) studio at RTL City, Luxembourg, the June 30 program will serve as a platform for the first global conversation about asteroids.

Resources

Go to this informative and fact-packed website at:

https://asteroidday.org/

A full list of all the events can be found at:

https://asteroidday.org/event-guide/

Check out this interview with Brian May at:

https://asteroidday.org/page/brian-may/

Also, go to:

TWITTER: @asteroidday #AsteroidDay, #AsteroidDayLive;

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/AsteroidDay #AsteroidDay, #AsteroidDayLive

YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/user/asteroidday

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