Robin George Andrews

How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A gripping account of the city-killer asteroids that could threaten Earth and the race to build a planetary defense system.

There are approximately 25,000 city killer asteroids in near-Earth orbitand most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction, and represent our greatest cosmic threat. But in September 2022, against all odds, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a carefully selected city killer, altering the asteroid's orbit and proving that we stand a chance against them.

In How to Kill an Asteroid, award-winning science journalist Robin George Andrewswho was at DART mission control when it happenedreveals the development of the technology that made it possible, from spotting elusive asteroids and comets to figuring out their geologic defenses and orchestrating a deflection campaign. In a propulsive narrative that reads like a sci-fi thriller, Andrews tells the story of the planetary defense movement, and introduces the international team of scientists and engineers now working to protect Earth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781324050209
• Artikelnr.: 69800844

Autorenporträt

Robin George Andrews is an award-winning science journalist who regularly writes about space and geosciences for outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, Atlas Obscura, and Quanta Magazine. He lives in London, England.