Monday, April 03, 2006
Asteroids: Treasures Of The Past And A Threat To The Future
Asteroids: Treasures Of The Past And A Threat To The Future: "If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 -- about 500 m in diameter with a mass of nearly 1000 million tonnes - collides with the Earth it could spell disaster for much of our planet. As part of ESA's Near-Earth Object deflecting mission Don Quijote, three teams of European industries are now carrying out studies on how to prevent this."
# posted by I NEWS TEAM @ 4:23 PM 
