Stuart Clark is the acclaimed author of "The Sun Kings" and
I’ve just had this new article published by the European Space Agency:
“ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission now has a target: asteroid Didymos. The recent Russian meteor and, on the same day, our planet’s close encounter with an even larger chunk of celestial debris underline the need for us to learn more about these high-speed space rocks.
For the last two years, ESA has been working with international partners on the mission concept, dubbed AIDA. Last week, research centres each side of the Atlantic agreed the spacecraft would target asteroid Didymos. ...”
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Asteroid impact mission targets Didymos
Last Updated on 22 February 2013
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