China’s far-reaching plan to save Earth from asteroids

The country hopes to complete the project in a decade, with the ESA and Nasa embarking on a similar plan

25 April 2021 - 20:00 By Roxanne Liu and Shivani Singh

China will hold discussions on building a defence system against near-Earth asteroids, a senior space agency official said at the weekend, as the country steps up its longer term space ambitions...

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