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The London-based student was joined by Sophie Grig, senior campaigner with Survival International.

My association with Asteroid Day began with a phone call from film-maker Grig Richters one afternoon in 2014.

I knew Grig and had worked with him on his film, 51° North, drama about the devastating collision of an asteroid with Earth.

Grig’s co-founders for Asteroid Day were Brian May, Queen guitarist and astrophysicist, Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 astronaut, and Danica Remy of B612, a non-profit organisation that seeks to “harness the power of science and technology to protect the future of our planet”.

"The park is being run with utmost brutality," says Sophie Grig, the lead campaigner.