The Applied Physics Laboratory scientists at George Hopkins University American design a space that would blow to an asteroid "Didim" to change course. That will be for the first time while changing human space flight path of an offense of this magnitude.
The asteroid "Didim" will approach the Earth in 2022 at a distance of 10.5 million miles. The asteroid is composed of a main body and continued going on around him.
According to the agency, "Itar - Tass Russian" that scientists intend to injury continued with a diameter of 150 meters. It is planned to launch an anti-missile asteroids in 2021. The project will cost $ 350 million. And will participate in the space mission two vehicles will be one spacecraft to the asteroid strike. The Type II Vstqom of assessing the effectiveness of the strike. Scientists say it can monitor the attack on the asteroid by telescopes resting on the earth.
Increased interest in this project to a large extent after being the South Urals region of Russia in the February 15 being bombarded with meteorites parts where the main wreckage meteor fell on Lake Chibarcol. A meteor blast to break the glass in many homes in Russia's Chelyabinsk province and injured more than a thousand people with various injuries serious.
