How does NASA protect Earth from meteor crashes? Here, the US Space Agency – NASA will host an event simulating a collision between Earth and an asteroid lasting a week. It can be said that this is an event within the framework of the project pursuing the mission of protecting the Earth from meteorites.
Although no asteroid is in danger for Earth, a collision with an asteroid is considered inevitable in our future. This may be the story of millions of years, but NASA is currently working to prepare for this inevitable. During the week beginning April 26, members of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) will participate in an “exercise” to watch an asteroid event unfold.
Led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Near-Earth Object Research Center (CNEOS), people will witness a fictional scenario when a massive asteroid hits Earth. On April 26, astronomers will “discover” a near-Earth object (NEO) that poses a potential threat to our planet. In the following days, details will emerge on the threat of the fictional asteroid on Earth, and participants will discuss how to prepare or what can be done.
It was decided that the imaginary asteroid had a 1% chance of crashing into Earth. NASA said it “will use fictional scenarios to investigate near-Earth object (NEO) sightings, the head of the space agency, the emergency manager, the decision-maker and the citizens who respond. And how to work together. to make real-world impact predictions and development simulations. available upon detection of a threat of asteroid collision. ”Lindley Johnson, NASA planetary defense officer, said:“ Every Once we participate in an exercise of this nature, we learn about the people who play a key role in a catastrophic event and who need to know what and when. These exercises ultimately help. people communicate with each other and between governments to make sure we all cooperate if a potential threat is present. to be determined in the future. ”
Dr Paul Chodas, Director of CNEOS, said: “The hypothesis asteroid impact drills give us the opportunity to think about how we would react in the event of a large enough asteroid. Has been found and has the capacity to impact our planet. “Details of the scenario – such as the likelihood of an asteroid impact, where and when the collision is likely to occur will be disclosed to attendees during the days of the conference to simulate the situation. How could it actually evolve?
This event will be the prerequisite for NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. DART is slated to launch this year and will attempt to hit a non-threatening asteroid called Didymos. The rocket will attempt to move the asteroid on its journey to see how the asteroid redirection mission would work if a large space rock was heading towards Earth. Andrea Riley, executive director of the DART program at NASA Headquarters, said: “DART will be the first test to protect the planet and the data returned after impacting Dimorphos will help scientists. Better understand how we can mitigate a NEO Potentially Dangerous Found In Although the impact of the asteroid DART poses no threat to Earth, it is in an ideal location to test this technology before it is really needed.
