A massive killer asteroid is headed straight for New York. In the simulation, Manhattan is destroyed, and the damage extends as far out as 42 miles from the epicenter, ensuring destruction across the heavily-developed metropolitan area. You're going to have fleets of U-hauls," Brandy Johnson, who plays the role of an "angry citizen" in the exercise, referring to the rental moving trucks, told AFP. A major unknown is how Americans would actually behave in the face of this doomsday scenario. Victoria Andrews, NASA's deputy planetary defense officer, askedFortunately, the fictional killer asteroid is "highly unlikely," Paul Chodas, the NASA engineer who is the game's designer, told AFP.

Source: Fox News May 05, 2019 17:26 UTC