NASA will shoot rocket at asteroid to test 'planetary defense' strategy
"We're going to make sure that a rock from space doesn't send us back to the Stone Age." Read more at Boston.com.
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"We're going to make sure that a rock from space doesn't send us back to the Stone Age." Read more at Boston.com.
The whole thing will be live streamed on NASA TV.
NASA is set to target an asteroid in a “planetary defense” test that will begin next month.
It aims to hit the asteroid at a speed of nearly 24,000kmh to knock its orbit off course, to see if a future rock headed toward Earth can be moved away.
"We're going to make sure that a rock from space doesn't send us back to the Stone Age"