Americans do not consider coronavirus the only threat to the planet
NASA’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to inflict a kinetic asteroid flying toward Earth. It is noted that it is necessary to work out threats that may arise in the future.
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“Despite the current struggle of mankind with the new coronavirus and despite the fact that it occupies most of our attention, other threats still exist,” the report says on Science Alert. A special mission will try to strike Didymos B asteroid to deflect its trajectory. Moreover, at the moment, the celestial body does not pose any danger to the Earth.
The diameter of the asteroid is 160 meters. The DART system will reach it on September 22, 2021. The asteroid at this moment should be located 11 million kilometers from Earth. A special NASA xenon accelerator will be launched for the device. This engine consists of a thruster and a power processor. He has not yet passed the tests, they intend to test it directly on the asteroid.
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