Fwd: [New post] The Menace of the Asteroids. Part 2: Defending Earth

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From: AmericaSpace <donotreply@wordpress.com>
Date: December 11, 2012 4:16:17 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] The Menace of the Asteroids. Part 2: Defending Earth

David Darling posted: "[caption id="attachment_28326" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Artwork showing a large asteroid impact with the Earth. Credit: Don Davis / NASA[/caption] A 500-meter-wide asteroid has just been discovered that will almost certainly collide with the Eart" New post on AmericaSpace The Menace of the Asteroids. Part 2: Defending Earth by David Darling A 500-meter-wide asteroid has just been discovered that will almost certainly collide with the Earth in 2030. No one knows yet where it will strike—on land or at sea—but its potential for regional devastation is high. The question is: what, if anything, can be done to stop it?  Read more of this post David Darling | December 11, 2012 at 5:14 am | Tags: Asteroid, Cape Canaveral, comet, Exploration, Explore, extinction, extinction-level-event, gravity tractor, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, LINEAR, mass driver, NASA, Near-Earth Object, NEO, rocket, Rockets, Space, space exploration, ULA, United Launch Alliance, WISE | Categories: Kennedy Space Center, KSC, NASA, Space, Space Exploration, Tech, Technology | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7mR Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28325