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How to kill an asteroid : the real science of planetary defense / Robin George Andrews.
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.
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- ISBN: 9781324050193
- ISBN: 1324050195
- Physical Description: xviii, 306 pages, 13 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Apocalypse Please -- To Russia with Love -- This is for the Dinosaurs -- Hollywood and the Nuclear Hail Mary -- Spying on Heaven -- Never Tell Me the Odds -- This is How We Lose -- A Dress Rehearsal for Saving the World -- In the Shadow of the Sun -- The Cotton Candy Killers -- Ashes to Ashes -- Dust to Dust -- Epilogue: What Do We Say to the God of Death? |
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| Subject: | Near-earth asteroids. Asteroids > Collisions with Earth > Prevention. |
| Genre: | Informational works. |
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