Tuesday, December 23, 2014

ESA carries out asteroid impact drill

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Artist's concept of asteroids passing Earth (Image: ESA/P Carril)


If there were any dinosaurs around, they could tell you that an asteroid impact can ruin your whole day. But if we did learn that one was actually going to strike the Earth in a month, what would the authorities do? To find out, the European Space Agency held its first ever mock asteroid drill to work on solutions and identify problems in how to handle such a catastrophe. .. Continue Reading ESA carries out asteroid impact drill



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