The threat of asteroids approaching Earth turned out to be a major issue for NASA. The US space agency is even taking serious steps to anticipate an asteroid attack to Earth. One is to create a special 'weapon' to destroy the object's outer space.
This weapon, as delivered on the Mirror page, Tuesday (4/5/2017), is a small spacecraft with firearms to destroy the asteroids to pieces.
NASA revealed that his DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) weapon will be completed and ready to be flown into space in October 2022.
The DART task will then fly over a trajectory arranged by NASA to find two binary asteroids to be destroyed, namely Didymos A and Didymos B.
They are often referred to as twin asteroid nicknames, and are thought to be objects that are also at risk of crashing into Earth. "The two asteroids will be DART's first target," said Tom Statler, a DART scientist at NASA.
"Didimos B is in orbit near Didimos A. Therefore, it is very easy to find these two experiments will not change their distance closer to Earth," said Statler.
DART will use an on-board target system, where it will approach Didimos B and fire a firearm to destroy it at 3.7 miles per second. After that, the new DART will target Didimos A.
"DART is the most important step in showing how we can protect the planet from asteroid threats," said Andy Cheng, a DART scientist at Johns Hopkins Laboratory.
"We do not really know what the internal structure and composition of the natural objects are like asteroids, so Didimos is not the only asteroid targeting the DART," he explained.
Special Defense Facilities
Not only built DART, NASA has also previously built a special defense facility to monitor the movement of asteroids. NASA calls this building a new 'office', which is also part of NASA's Planet Planet Science Division.
The facility, called the Planetary Defense Coordination Office, has the authority to announce alien alien warnings near the Earth.
This is in line with NASA's previously announced mission, for the task of detecting Near Earth Object (NEO) such as asteroids and debris of space waste objects.
To monitor the movements of celestial bodies, NASA commissioned the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Near the Object Program to see how large the potential threat of asteroids to Earth is based on a centry monitoring system.
Further disclosed, telescope radio networks throughout the United States and infrared NEOWISE space telescopes also help track and observe these foreign objects.
"The establishment of this facility is in line with NASA's commitment to upholding national and international leadership in the effort to detect the impact of natural hazards," said Lindley Johnson, NASA's Planetary Defense Officer.
If there is a threat of a foreign body near the Earth, the Planetary Defense Coordination Office will report to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for emergency action.
Once an asteroid or other object has been detected by NASA, the Space Agency will estimate the object's orbital precision for immediate treatment.
This weapon, as delivered on the Mirror page, Tuesday (4/5/2017), is a small spacecraft with firearms to destroy the asteroids to pieces.
NASA revealed that his DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) weapon will be completed and ready to be flown into space in October 2022.
The DART task will then fly over a trajectory arranged by NASA to find two binary asteroids to be destroyed, namely Didymos A and Didymos B.
They are often referred to as twin asteroid nicknames, and are thought to be objects that are also at risk of crashing into Earth. "The two asteroids will be DART's first target," said Tom Statler, a DART scientist at NASA.
"Didimos B is in orbit near Didimos A. Therefore, it is very easy to find these two experiments will not change their distance closer to Earth," said Statler.
DART will use an on-board target system, where it will approach Didimos B and fire a firearm to destroy it at 3.7 miles per second. After that, the new DART will target Didimos A.
"DART is the most important step in showing how we can protect the planet from asteroid threats," said Andy Cheng, a DART scientist at Johns Hopkins Laboratory.
"We do not really know what the internal structure and composition of the natural objects are like asteroids, so Didimos is not the only asteroid targeting the DART," he explained.
Special Defense Facilities
Not only built DART, NASA has also previously built a special defense facility to monitor the movement of asteroids. NASA calls this building a new 'office', which is also part of NASA's Planet Planet Science Division.
The facility, called the Planetary Defense Coordination Office, has the authority to announce alien alien warnings near the Earth.
This is in line with NASA's previously announced mission, for the task of detecting Near Earth Object (NEO) such as asteroids and debris of space waste objects.
To monitor the movements of celestial bodies, NASA commissioned the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Near the Object Program to see how large the potential threat of asteroids to Earth is based on a centry monitoring system.
Further disclosed, telescope radio networks throughout the United States and infrared NEOWISE space telescopes also help track and observe these foreign objects.
"The establishment of this facility is in line with NASA's commitment to upholding national and international leadership in the effort to detect the impact of natural hazards," said Lindley Johnson, NASA's Planetary Defense Officer.
If there is a threat of a foreign body near the Earth, the Planetary Defense Coordination Office will report to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for emergency action.
Once an asteroid or other object has been detected by NASA, the Space Agency will estimate the object's orbital precision for immediate treatment.
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