Predict, deflect, survive: How to avoid an asteroid apocalypse

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Pultarova T.
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Engineering and Technology | 2020年 / 15卷 / 09期
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Asteroid impacts are the only natural disasters that can be predicted but also avoided; says Ian Carnelli; manager of a new space mission called Hera; which the European Space Agency hopes will provide a blueprint for deflecting dangerous asteroids in the future. SHOOTING STARS; or meteors - pieces of rock that come from outer space and burn in the Earth’s atmosphere when their trajectories cross that of our planet - provide a unique spectacle. When we are lucky to spot one; we make a wish;
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10.1049/et.2020.0913
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Asteroid impacts are the only natural disasters that can be predicted but also avoided, says Ian Carnelli, manager of a new space mission called Hera, which the European Space Agency hopes will provide a blueprint for deflecting dangerous asteroids in the future. SHOOTING STARS, or meteors - pieces of rock that come from outer space and burn in the Earth’s atmosphere when their trajectories cross that of our planet - provide a unique spectacle. When we are lucky to spot one, we make a wish.
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