MST Mini podcast: Embarrassing publicity prompts NASA to fund a Planetary Defense Telescope.

Learn how embarrasssment over a near-miss with an asteroid prompted NASA's recent proposal for a Planetary Defense Telescope. Mattia Sorgon interviews Historican of Science, Professor Robert Smith (Previously broadcast on CJSR RAdio): https://anchor.fm/medscitech/episodes/Why-is-NASA-creating-a-Planetary-Defense-Telescope-eau4hk