A photo from open sources According to NASA Inspector General Paul Martina, the state of the dangerous asteroid detection system, commissioned by the US Congress in 2005 to track at least 90 percent of near-Earth objects over 140 meters in diameter, just horrific. “Poor coordination with other surveillance centers, ridiculous $ 40 million, spent on this program do not provide interaction with other organizations designed to protect people from the consequences of a strike from outer space, however unlikely it may be, ” noted in the report. “As a result, NASA was able to identify only 10% of the total number of highly dangerous asteroids. ”
The sad experience of the recent meteorite fall in Chelyabinsk is an example of this. Fortunately, the meteorite fell apart into fragments before collisions with the Earth, and the incident cost only knocked out glass in hundreds of houses and a thousand wounded. Fall consequences an entire meteorite measuring 18 meters would be disastrous. The force of the impact would be comparable to a nuclear explosion with a power of 30 kilotons, and its explosion could put the world on the edge of nuclear war. IN a similar case, an early warning system for highly dangerous Asteroids could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
That is why humanity must join forces to implementation of the program for early detection of OOA and translate it into a life.
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