China readies for a ‘rather nice’ war that could be crucial to our planet
Experts say they could deflect an asteroid from its path by 1,4 times Earth’s radius if rockets hit it together
07 July 2021 - 20:47
Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China’s largest rockets to practise turning away a sizeable asteroid, a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth...
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