В мире: НАСА создает центр планетарной защиты

NASA's creation of a well-funded Planetary Defense Coordination Office to deal with the remote possibility of an asteroid collision with Earth is driven by both growing concern about near-Earth objects and developing American strategy for space.

If an asteroid comes too close to Earth, NASA will be ready.

The preparations for Armageddon-style asteroid collision answer calls by scientists who are discovering the volume of asteroids, comets, and space junk that they say potentially threatens our planet.

It will be a costly operation. The 2016 US budget provides $50 million to set up a Planetary Defense Coordination Office.

"While the annual probability of the Earth being struck by a huge asteroid or comet is small, the consequences of such a collision are so calamitous that it is prudent to appraise the nature of the threat and prepare to deal with it," experts say.

A planetary defense system gives NASA a ready answer for the next time news reports of too-close asteroids alarm the populace.

Source csmonitor.com

Фото filipoc.ru

NASA creates Planetary Defense Coordination Office. обновлено: 30 марта, 2019 автором: Наталья Николаева
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