By big rig
May 5, 2021
According to NASA, if a giant asteroid was on a collision course with Earth, we d all be pretty much done for.
The agency just completed a weeklong simulation looking at various scenarios - and concluded that we wouldn t be able to stop an asteroid using current technology - even with six months of advance notice. Evacuating the impact area would be our only option - and NASA says governments are dreadfully unprepared for such a scenario.
However, the agency is working on new technology called DART - Double Asteroid Redirection Test - that could potentially redirect an asteroid s orbit to prevent a threat to Earth.
By big rig
May 5, 2021
According to NASA, if a giant asteroid was on a collision course with Earth, we d all be pretty much done for.
The agency just completed a weeklong simulation looking at various scenarios - and concluded that we wouldn t be able to stop an asteroid using current technology - even with six months of advance notice. Evacuating the impact area would be our only option - and NASA says governments are dreadfully unprepared for such a scenario.
However, the agency is working on new technology called DART - Double Asteroid Redirection Test - that could potentially redirect an asteroid s orbit to prevent a threat to Earth.
By big rig
May 5, 2021
According to NASA, if a giant asteroid was on a collision course with Earth, we d all be pretty much done for.
The agency just completed a weeklong simulation looking at various scenarios - and concluded that we wouldn t be able to stop an asteroid using current technology - even with six months of advance notice. Evacuating the impact area would be our only option - and NASA says governments are dreadfully unprepared for such a scenario.
However, the agency is working on new technology called DART - Double Asteroid Redirection Test - that could potentially redirect an asteroid s orbit to prevent a threat to Earth.
NASA simulation confirms there’s no technology able to stop a massive asteroid from hitting
Updated May 03, 2021;
Posted May 03, 2021
Schematic of the DART mission shows the impact on the moonlet of asteroid (65803) Didymos. Post-impact observations from Earth-based optical telescopes and planetary radar would, in turn, measure the change in the moonlet’s orbit about the parent body.
Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
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Simulations carried out by leading space agencies have concluded. There currently is no technology available that could stop a massive asteroid from “wiping out” Europe.
A report by Independent said that NASA conducted the week-long exercise, which concluded from the hypothetical impact scenario. Even with a six-month advance notice, current capabilities could not prevent a catastrophe.
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