China began to develop a system. asteroid defense According to local media, it could collide with Earth. ChinaDaily.

The system aims todevelop surveillance capacity on earthwarning and management of extraterrestrial dangers,” explained Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) this weekend.

“We will make plans for the defense system, develop simulation programs, and organize maneuvers for necessary operations,” he said.

Wu expressed that China is also willing.share solutions working with other members of the international community and with others to keep the planet safe.

According to the researcher, building a network early warning satellite-based and ground-based facilities will be one of the first steps.

“It is necessary to classify near-Earth asteroids and analyze which of them might be. a threat to humanitysaid. Technologies that could be used to “neutralize threats” will be explored later, he added.

The CNSA plans to send an experimental mission to study an asteroid in 2025 or 2026. potentially dangerous by scientists. According to the deputy director, the aim is to act against him.

This experimental taskvalidate technologies and methods» That an asteroid heading towards Earth could be deflected.

Chinese pioneer

For the first time, the Asian country reveals a specially crafted plan to protect the Earth. dangerous asteroids. Some scientists from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have already pointed out that rockets can be used to steer the trajectory of a threatening object.

In recent years, China has invested heavily in its own investments. space program and the Chang’e 4 probe landing on the hidden face of the Moon in 2019. It was the first country to do so.