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Tips & Trik - The threat of asteroids approaching the Earth turns out to be a key issue for NASA. US space agency was even taking serious steps to anticipate the asteroid attacks to Earth. One is to create a special 'weapon' to destroy the object's outer space.
NASA revealed that his DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) weapon would be completed and ready to be flown into space in October 2022.
The DART task will then fly over a NASA-arranged trajectory to find two binary asteroids to be destroyed, namely Didymos A and Didymos B.
They are often called by the nickname of twin asteroids, and suspected to be an object that is also at risk to hit the Earth. "The two asteroids will be the first targets of the DART," said Tom Statler, a DART scientist at NASA.
"Didymos B is in orbit near Didymos A. Therefore, it is very easy to find both of these experiments will not change their distance closer to Earth," Statler said.
DART will use an on-board target system, where it will approach Didymos B and fire a firearm to destroy it in a speed of 3.7 miles per second. After that, the new DART will target Didymos A.
"DART is the most critical step in demonstrating how we can protect the planet from asteroid threats," said Andy Cheng, a DART scientist at Johns Hopkins Laboratory.
"We do not really know what the internal structure and composition of natural objects are like asteroids, so Didymos is not the only asteroid to target DART," he explained.
Special Defense Facilities
Not only build DART, NASA had previously also built a special defense facility to monitor the movements of asteroids. NASA calls this building its new 'office', which is also part of the NASA Planetary Science Division.
The facility, called Planetary Defense Coordination Office, has the authority to announce alien object alerts near Earth.
This is in line with NASA's previously announced mission, to task to detect Near Earth Object (NEO) such as asteroids and debris of space waste objects.
To monitor the movements of space objects, NASA commissioned the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Near the Object Program to see how big the potential threat of asteroids to Earth based on the centry monitoring system.
Further disclosed, telescope radio networks throughout the United States and infrared NEOWISE space telescopes also helped to track and observe these foreign objects.
"The establishment of this facility is in line with NASA's commitment to uphold national and international leadership in the effort to detect the impact of natural hazards," said Lindley Johnson, NASA's Planetary Defense Officer.
If there is a threat of a foreign body near the Earth, the Planetary Defense Coordination Office will report to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take emergency action.
Once the asteroids or other objects have been detected by NASA, the Space Agency will estimate the orbital precision of the object for immediate treatment.
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