* The exercise last week was to better understand current in-space preventions
* Simulations created an asteroid spotted on April 19, with impact Oct. 20
* Scientists studied the space rock's size, trajectory and chance of impact
* By Oct. 14, there was a 99% chance of it hitting a part of Europe
* There would not be enough time to send a craft to take the asteroid down
* The team was also unable to determined its size in six months
* This means we could not blow it up, as a nuke may not put a dent in it
NASA scientists have concluded that even a nuclear bomb wouldn't be able to stop a giant asteroid from destroying a huge chunk of earth.
In a simulated exercise, US and European scientists were told they had six months to come up with a lifesaving plan to stop a massive rock smashing into earth that had been spotted 35 million miles away.
The study was conducted over the course of four days, from April 26 through April 29, and astronomers used radar systems, data imaging and other technologies like the world's largest telescope.
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WNU Editor: The sobering conclusion from all of this is that the asteroid will not need to be large to destroy a huge chunk of the planet.
More News On Nasa's Asteroid Simulation
Simulation Shows We'd Be Defenseless Against an Asteroid -- IE
Nasa asteroid simulation ends in unavoidable disaster for Earth -- The Independent
How did you spend your week? NASA pretended to crash an asteroid into Earth. -- Space.com
NASA Warns It Would Fail to Prevent Asteroid Heading Towards Earth From Crashing Into Europe -- Sputnik
A new asteroid tax would go a long way to reducing any impact.
ReplyDeleteI saw this in a movie once. 5% of the sky and it's a big ass sky.
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