BOOK

How to kill an asteroid : the real science of planetary defense

Andrews, Robin George, author

2024

Overview

There are approximately 25,000 'city-killer' asteroids in near-Earth orbit - and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction and represent our greatest cosmic threat. But in September 2022, against all odds, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a carefully selected city-killer, altering the asteroid's orbit and proving that we stand a chance against them. In this book, science journalist Robin George Andrews - who was at DART mission control when it happened - reveals the development of the technology that made it possible, from spotting elusive asteroids and comets to figuring out their geologic defenses and orchestrating a deflection campaign.

• Publisher: W.W. Norton and Company
• Subject: Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Spacecraft) / Asteroids Collisions with Earth Prevention. / Near-earth asteroids. / Science.
• ISBN: 9781324050193

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
QB651 .A53 2024	1	BOOK	CATALOGING