Official near-earth object plan will look into nuking asteroids and other ‘planetary defense missions’
TechCrunch Industry News · TechCrunch
June 21, 20186m 55s
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Show Notes
Space is a big place, and mostly empty — but there’s no shortage of objects which, should they float our direction, could end life as we know it. A new national plan for detecting and handling such objects was proposed today, and it includes the possibility of nuclear strikes on the incoming asteroids and other “planetary defense missions.
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