18 minutes agoNASA is preparing space shuttle in case Earth is attacked by asteroids
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The dangerous rocks of space are constantly on the move in our solar system, and our planet can be hit at any time. This is why scientists are developing maps of these asteroids to prevent impacts to the ground. Last NASA has published details of the nuclear ship called Hammer [The Mission for Softening]
Last NASA has published details of the nuclear ship called Hammer, in case its transposition of Asteroids is directed to Earth.
The space shuttle, which weighs eight tonnes, can also change the trajectory of an asteroid giant, reports “Sputnik International” Transmission Periscope.
According to scientists, the threat of asteroids, like last year when a giant rock named 2012 TC4 passed within 27, 000 miles of Antarctica, a distance that astronomers consider very narrow.
The proposed ship would be able to direct itself to an asteroid or detonate a nuclear device to destroy a larger one.
NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration studied an asteroid called Bennu, which is considered a NEO and found that if land were to be hit, it would release a force of 1.45 gigatons of TNT.
This gives “3 times more energy than all nuclear weapons exploded during history”, according to Dante Lauretta, professor of Planetary Sciences at the Lonar and Planetary laboratory at Arizona University./Periscopi/
