"People's lives are at stake, we should pay several hundred million dollars to build a system that will allow us to prevent a collision rather than just sit and wait for it to happen and hundreds of thousands of people will be killed," said the head of the Russian space agency
Russia is considering launching a spacecraft that will repel a large asteroid and prevent its possible collision with Earth. This is what the head of Russia's space agency Anatoty Perninov said in a radio interview. According to him, the space agency will soon hold a meeting to assess the requirements of such a mission, and that NASA, the European Space Agency, the Chinese Space Agency and others have been invited to participate in the project.
Apophis is an asteroid with a diameter of 270 meters that was discovered in 2004. It is expected to approach a distance of 29.5 thousand km from the Earth in 2029 (for comparison, the communication satellites are placed at an altitude of 36 thousand km). It will approach again seven years later and the chances of hitting it then are estimated at 1 in 250 thousand.
A panel held recently at the American Geophysical Union conference concluded that asteroid impact that threatens Earth is an international issue.
"There is a mistaken geopolitical perception that NASA is responsible for this," said former Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, a member of the B612 Foundation, which hopes to prove that the technology to divert an asteroid from its orbit will be ready in 2015. "The technologies will not be ready and this is an international issue. The decision must be made in international institutions."
Paraminov seems to have been unaware that NASA has reduced the risk assessment of an Apophis impact in 2036 and another pass in 2068.
Perminov said he heard from a scientist that Apophis is approaching and may hit the Earth. "I don't remember exactly, but it seems to me that it might hit the Earth in 2032." Ferminov said. "People's lives are at stake, we should pay several hundred million dollars to build a system that will allow us to prevent a collision rather than just sit and wait for it to happen and hundreds of thousands of people will be killed."
Paraminov did not reveal details about the project and said that there are still things that need to be checked, but he said that the mission will not require any nuclear explosions."
"The calculations showed that there is a possibility of building a dedicated spacecraft in the time we have left, which could help prevent the collision of Apophis with the Earth without destroying the asteroid, and without using nuclear energy," said Perminov. "The world can be freed from the threat of conflict."
Boris Shostov, director of the Institute of Astronomy at the Russian Academy of Sciences, noted that Ferminov's announcement is a sign that the time has come for leaders and officials to recognize the danger posed by asteroids. "Apophis is just a symbolic example, there are many dangerous objects about which we know very little" he said.
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If it descends to the height of satellites then it may hit the satellite and fly straight to the Earth
I have found a solution to the destruction of Iran!! Now all that remains is to direct it
I have a genius idea that will make it easier for all of humanity in an extraordinary way.
But it has a 'small problem'..., it will kill about a thousand people every day around the world.
If anyone is interested in the invention, they can contact me.
Bring me 4 million dollars, I'll divert it myself
solve the world? The solution is already known, 42. Now all that remains is to rid the world of threats of conflict.
In short, respect yourself, and get a linguistic editor. The article is full of mistakes.
If this is how "Russia is considering" actions, you should be careful:
"The head of Russia's space agency Anatoty Parninov said
that he heard from a scientist: I don't remember exactly, but it seems to me that he is
May hit the Earth in 2032."
In short, let's build on the Russians.
A.R. As a non-resident citizen of Uruguay let me suspect you are Argentine
Are you talking like that maybe because you lost to us in football?
You sound like a peronist
I have an idea
Instead, you can deflect the asteroid that will destroy Uruguay.
An unnecessary country that in any case only harasses the rest of humanity.
Haven't you caught it yet?
This is actually a sneaky extortion
They will bring down the asteroid even if it does not endanger the earth but they will claim that it does and that they saved all of humanity!
Now all of humanity owes them... and they will demand resources and money from all over the world and will be happy to go to war over it
So ... they will not work on you
Russia is planning a homing and navigation system to divert the asteroid to the US.
And I say about it
GO RUSSIA
It's about time someone looked beyond their collective tussock in the world
You have a mistake - Russia is considering launching a spacecraft that will repel a large asteroid and predict its possible collision with Earth.
Don't - it's with Ian, not ha.
Excellent, so now that 2012 has passed there will be a new date for all Kitsin computers. Wait, didn't Nostradamus say anything about 2032? Or were these the Babylonians?
Laser technology is already in use and it is at least theoretically possible to intercept a near-Earth rock with a high-power laser, referring to the system: THEL - Tactical High Energy Laser, although this has not been tried yet. Direction and degree of deviation of the rock, distance estimation, the cages, launching the laser beam for a certain time. A bomb will cause the asteroid to become radioactive which in general may do higher damage. Shabbat Shalom.
A delusional person. Being an astronaut does not make him an astronomer