Asteroids: Not Just a Video Game
There are a lot of giant asteroids out in space, and it’s just a matter of time before another one finds a bullseye on Earth. What can we do about it?
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7 min readNov 3, 2023
On September 2, 2022, NASA crashed its DART probe into the small moon of an asteroid named Didymos, deflecting its orbit in a successful test of one strategy we can use to defend the earth from celestial threats.
Not long ago, and with no fanfare, we came into sudden and violent contact with another heavenly body. According to NASA:
A small asteroid hit Earth’s atmosphere over the Norwegian Sea before disintegrating on March 11, 2022. But this event wasn’t a complete surprise: Astronomers knew it was on a collision course, predicting exactly where and when the impact would happen.
Managing the Existential Threat of Asteroids
Our Earth has been struck by asteroids countless times, mostly during the period immediately following our solar system’s…
