following in the footsteps NASAwho launched a rocket in 2021 towards an asteroid impact dimorphs (“Didymun“) in a test to deflect possible celestial bodies that may collide with the Earth in the future, China announced that it will also invest in such protection systems – and will select potentially dangerous objects for this.

During an interview in Space dayone of the most important events in the field of the study of the Universe in the country, Deputy Director National Space Administration of China (CNSA), Wu Yanhuadetailed to the national media what the new initiative would look like.

The initial intention, he said, is to build the resources to monitor asteroids close to our planet, predict future impacts ahead of time and, if necessary, have a spacecraft capable of redirecting these objects.

Idea on paper

The idea should be implemented by 2025, but it is still in the planning stage. According to Chinese press reports, the project has already been approved by the Chinese space agency and will complement the initiatives currently being pursued by the United States and Russia.

“This is another practical solution that China proposes to build a community with a shared future for humanity,” Song Zhongping, the country’s military expert, told the state-run Global Times newspaper. human civilization.”

In fact, the Asian nation is running with “real” opportunities Armageddon. Unlike NASA and also European Space Agency (ESA) in addition to the study – who chose Dimorphos, considered a harmless celestial body, CNSA intends to launch its spacecraft to what poses a real threat to the Earth, even a small one.

And this is not the country’s only space project for the coming years. By 2025, China intends to carry out a mission to return samples of asteroids and encounter comets in the direction of Kamo’oalevawhich revolves around our planet, and then to 311P/PANSTARRSis in Belt Main.

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Source: ExtremeTech, SpaceToday.