How to kill an asteroid
the real science of planetary defense
How to kill an asteroid
the real science of planetary defense
Book - 2024
There are approximately 25,000 "city killer" asteroids in near-Earth orbit--and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction, and represent our greatest cosmic threat. But in September 2022, against all odds, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a carefully selected city killer, altering the asteroid's orbit and proving that we stand a chance against them.
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2024]
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| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: Apocalypse Please -- To Russia with Love -- This is for the Dinosaurs -- Hollywood and the Nuclear Hail Mary -- Spying on Heaven -- Never Tell Me the Odds -- This is How We Lose -- A Dress Rehearsal for Saving the World -- In the Shadow of the Sun -- The Cotton Candy Killers -- Ashes to Ashes -- Dust to Dust -- Epilogue: What Do We Say to the God of Death? | |
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