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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 25 Nov 2012

    Physics allows you to know the trajectory of an asteroid, granting power to predict the end of life on Earth -- and knowledge to prevent it.

    9:14 PM - 25 Nov 2012
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    233 replies 1,136 retweets 633 likes
      1. sum  👏 one‏ @enargins 25 Nov 2012
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson What kind of sorcery is this "physics" you speak of?!

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      1. Jim Correia‏ @jimcorreia 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson The hard part is getting Steve Buscemi up on the asteroid to enact the plan to destroy it.

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      2. BOOOGF Central‏ @BGFCentral 25 Nov 2012
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        .@neiltyson Like sending up 2 space shuttles armed w/nukes & Bruce Willis to destroy the asteroid & save us all? I'm TOTALLY down with that!

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      2. (((Crobama)))‏ @Crobama 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson You're wrong. If the asteroid hits the water, it will end the world with floods. And God pinky-swore to never do that again.

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      2. Glenn Fleishman‏Verified account @GlennF 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson Or…cause it.

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      2. Kevin Marshall‏ @KevinMarshall 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson And we'd prevent it by sending miners into space to blow it up, right?

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      3. Sean Trace‏ @seantrace 3 Dec 2012
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        @KevinMarshall @neiltyson Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck can save us!

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      4. Kevin Marshall‏ @KevinMarshall 3 Dec 2012
        Replying to @seantrace

        @seantrace C'mon, @neiltyson, sing it with us! I DON'T WANNA CLOOOOOSE MY EYYYYYYYYES

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      5. Sean Trace‏ @seantrace 3 Dec 2012
        Replying to @KevinMarshall

        @KevinMarshall @neiltyson Just don't send Steve Buscemi he goes ape shit crazy in space!

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      1. Ryan Gilmer‏ @RyanGilmer 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson Why are you wasting your time talking about hoaxes?

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      1. Brandon Heinken‏ @BrandonHeinken 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson odds are pretty good that we won't see the asteroid until it's too late.

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      1. Mike Senese‏Verified account @msenese 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson What would you suggest for preventing that Earth-asteroid collision?

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      1. Yorrike‏ @Yorrike 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson Why are you bagging asteroids so much? Some of my closest friends are carbonaceous chondrites.

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      1. My cats' enslaved witch  🌊‏ @ladykayaker 25 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson Knowledge to prevent it maybe, but try getting it funded through Congress.

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      1. 𝕭𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖚𝖑𝖚  👾 Daughter of Hela‏ @jbmeadowlark 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson Unless you have an underfunded space program, like our country :(

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      1. Lujain Ali‏ @LittleLujy 4 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson the knowledge to prevent it, but not the ability to stop it. At least not now may be in the future we'd be able to do so.

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