Hit the asteroid away from the track?NASA will emit the detector observation data

Science Fiction Network June 20 (Wang Ziyu) 65 million years ago, a planet of about 10 kilometers hit the earth, causing the extinction of dinosaurs. So, in the future, if there will be a small asteroid hit the earth, is there any way to make the asteroid deviating from the track?

In order to avoid the impact of the asteroid on the earth, NASA opened the double asteroid redirection to the test plan. In July 2021, NASA launched a detector, and it will reach the "Di Dimos" dual asteroid system in September this year. At that time, the detector will hit "Di Dimos" at a speed of 4 miles per second to change its track. In order to observe the impact of the detector's high -speed impact, the NASA and the European Space Administration will launch the "Hera" detection satellite in September 2024 to visit the "Di Dimos" dual walking star system.

According to reports, this trip lasts about 26 months. In order to spend this long trip, it will be equipped with a pushing module, including fuel boxes and pushers, and a core module for carrying scientific instruments and spacecraft computers. Among them, its instruments include an asteroid framework camera, the infrared camera of the hot infrared imaginger, and the laser altitude meter of the planet highmeter, which is used to accurately measure the distance of the asteroid, and a instrument called Hyperscot for investigating the asteroid of the asteroid star geology.

In June this year, the promotion module was transported from Germany to Italy and Rome, where the fuel tank would be added. In addition, Hera will deploy two small satellites. One satellite is used to observe the surface of the asteroid, and the other will be used to obtain a radar sound for asteroids.

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