Now out in New Scientist, vol. 268 #3569:
Richard Binzel, 15 November 2025 “We don’t want to keep an asteroid secret, because then no one ever trusts you” p. 38
This week’s interview is with astronomer Richard (Rick) Binzel, well-known among the asteroid (especially NEO) community. In it, he gives his role in NEO studies and planetary defense, and the early years of them, from his point of view. Binzel was a key player in the Torino Scale, for communicating asteroid risks to the wider public. (Cue the mandatory reference to the Richter Scale for earthquakes.) Very little technical detail is given other than the process, and its end Scale number. It’s all in a very accessible narrative, in accessible language.