Chance of asteroid hitting Earth RISES with Armageddon-style plan ‘needed’
SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth.
The European Union-funded NEO Shield consortium which aims to investigate the best methods of doing this presented some of its ideas including a nuclear bomb which would be a last resort.Space race of century heats up as Bezos' rocket roars into orbit… who will win? However, larger chunks could still be big enough to survive the atmosphere and rain down over a larger area of
If carried out correctly, there would be minimal damage to the asteroid and therefore no risk of chunks of space rock falling to Earth. The lasers would heat up the surface of the asteroid to extremely hot temperatures of around 2,730 degrees. By doing this, the thrusters and pull of gravity from the ship itself could pull the asteroid off it's path.This involves the use of an unmanned spacecraft launched from a rocket to directly hit the asteroid,He explained that the type of spacecraft used would be around two tonnes in mass with solar panels, a camera, and a navigation camera.
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