NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine this week warned that meteors are a threat to the planet
"This is not about Hollywood. It's not about movies. This is about ultimately protecting the only planet we know right now to host life," he said Monday, speaking at the Planetary Defense Conference in Washington D.C.Bridenstine talked about a February 2013 meteor that exploded over Russia. That meteor blast shook Russia's Urals region. More than 1,000 people were injured, including more than 200 children, according to news reports.
A meteor exploded in the Earth's atmosphere with 10 times the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb"When it finally exploded 18 miles above the surface...it had...30 times the energy of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima," he said, adding it"damaged buildings in six cities.
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