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Earth Shattering Impacts

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Air Date: 01/06/2003
Run Time: 0:30:47

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Adriana Ocampo, Senior Scientist, ESA

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Adriana Ocampo is a senior scientist at the European Space Agency and a Society board member. She talks about her research on asteroid and comet impacts, and about international space cooperation.

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