Not exact matches
In the last couple of months, NASA has appeared to put a greater emphasis
on the role its overall asteroid initiative, including the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), could play in
planetary defense.
Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan joined Bill Nye and four passionate planetary explorers on stage at the Planetary Defense Conference in Flagstaff,
Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan joined Bill Nye and four passionate
planetary explorers on stage at the Planetary Defense Conference in Flagstaff,
planetary explorers
on stage at the
Planetary Defense Conference in Flagstaff,
Planetary Defense Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona.
NASA's
Planetary Defense Coordination Office is charged with monitoring the paths of asteroids and other objects with orbits that could send them
on a crash course with Earth, and planning for response to an actual impact threat.
NASA is preparing to test out its
planetary defense systems
on an asteroid that will come extremely close to Earth next week.
If the
planetary defense systems came
on - line, their chance of taking the planet quickly dramatically decreased.