2021 is going to be the year of the asteroids! With OSIRIS-REx slated to begin its return to Earth with a sample of the asteroid Bennu, launches of the DART and Lucy missions and Psyche on the horizon for 2022, there will be a lot of discussion about the diverse types of asteroids and what we can learn from their respective chapters as storytellers of the solar system. In this roundtable, panelists will discuss how these asteroids may hold important keys to understanding how they could have seeded Earth with organic compounds and water and how they can help scientists protect our planet from a catastrophic impact.

Panelists

• Jim Bell, Arizona State University, United States
• Nancy Chabot, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, United States
• Paul Chodas, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
• Jamie Elsila, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States
• Lindley Johnson, NASA Headquarters, United States
• Hal Levison, Southwest Research Institute, United States
• Tom Statler, NASA Headquarters, United States

*Times listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5:00)