Science
Space-launched missiles are the best protection from asteroids, astronomer says – CNET
Planetary protection starts beyond the planet.
Deflecting asteroids could be a job best done off planet.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
An Italian astronomer says the best defense against potential killer asteroids from space is solid offense, also based in space.
The notion of protecting the planet from menacing space rocks by blasting them with missiles is an old trope of science and disaster fiction, but Claudio Maccone has been arguing for decades now that where those missiles are launched from matters.
Maccone, both an astronomer and a mathematician,…
-
Noosa News19 hours agoThe grey backstreet of Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley where Arnie the missing dog was found dead in his owner Nathan McKeown’s black ute
-
Noosa News21 hours agoFuel tanker racing to unload in Darwin ahead of Tropical Cyclone Fina
-
Noosa News19 hours agoShattered families demand justice after Wieambilla killers not deemed terrorists
-
General20 hours agoWaste from Perth set to be trucked out to York after WA minister approves landfill site