China plans to deflect an asteroid by 2030 to showcase Earth protection skills

[Admin]

China aims to launch its first planetary defense mission by 2030, to showcase the skills needed to nudge a dangerous asteroid away from Earth.

China plans to deflect an asteroid by 2030 to showcase Earth protection skills : Read more

 

[sharah]

Money woudl be better invested in cleaning our planet. And maybe stopping WAR and creating more PEACE for all.

 

[Hardcrunchyscience]

China aims to launch its first planetary defense mission by 2030, to showcase the skills needed to nudge a dangerous asteroid away from Earth.

China plans to deflect an asteroid by 2030 to showcase Earth protection skills : Read more

Or maybe China is showcasing the skills to potentially nudge a dangerous asteroid onto North America (as in the image at the top of the linked page) or Europe. A question of timing to make it hit a designated and desired continent?

 

[COLGeek]

Or maybe China is showcasing the skills to potentially nudge a dangerous asteroid onto North America (as in the image at the top of the linked page) or Europe. A question of timing to make it hit a designated and desired continent?

...or not.

 

[Hardcrunchyscience]

...or not.

Or maybe. Maybe they want the effect of a small nuke without their fingerprints on it.

 

[COLGeek]

Or maybe. Maybe they want the effect of a small nuke without their fingerprints on it.

The same could be said for any country with the technology to achieve this sort of thing.

This kind of speculation serves no purpose beyond feeding trolls (and that never ends well).