Its crucial to find asteroids before they find us, in case we require to get them prior to they get us.
An asteroid effect is the only natural catastrophe that could be avoided. NASAs Planetary Defense Coordination Office supports tasks to find and track asteroids and to determine their orbits far into the future.
The first order of company for planetary defense is to find the asteroids. A deflection objective might be possible if an asteroid effect risk is discovered years or years in advance.
There are a couple of technologies and techniques that NASA is studying to deflect an asteroid on a course to effect Earth. NASAs DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, is a thoroughly prepared presentation that will assist figure out if kinetic impactor technology– impacting an asteroid to change its speed and course– can act as a possible approach of asteroid deflection in case Earth ever faces such a threat.
DART will assist us better prepare must an asteroid ever be discovered as a danger to Earth.
By NASA
November 20, 2021
What if an asteroid were going to strike Earth? There are no known dangers to Earth, but planetary defense expert Dr. Kelly Fast states its crucial to find the asteroids prior to they discover us. Thats why NASAs Planetary Defense Coordination Office keeps its eyes on the skies.