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Hypothetical Asteroid Devastates Europe in Doomsday NASA Simulation

Hypothetical Asteroid Devastates Europe in Doomsday NASA Simulation AYLIN WOODWARD & MORGAN MCFALL-JOHNSEN, BUSINESS INSIDER 3 MAY 2021 Scientists around the world have been bamboozled this week by a fictitious asteroid heading toward Earth. A group of experts from US and European space agencies attended a week-long exercise led by NASA in which they faced a hypothetical scenario: An asteroid 35 million miles away was approaching the planet and could hit within six months.   With each passing day of the exercise, the participants learned more about the asteroid s size, trajectory, and chance of impact. Then they had to cooperate and use their technological knowledge to see if anything could be done to stop the space rock.

NASA Simulated an Asteroid Impact, Couldn t Avoid a Crash in Europe

With each passing day of the exercise, the participants learned more about the asteroid s size, trajectory, and chance of impact. Then they had to cooperate and use their technological knowledge to see if anything could be done to stop the space rock. The experts fell short. The group determined that none of Earth s existing technologies could stop the hypothetical asteroid from striking given the six-month timeframe of the simulation. In this alternate reality, the asteroid crashed into eastern Europe. As far as we know, no asteroids currently pose a threat to Earth in this way. But an estimated two-thirds of asteroids 460 feet in size or bigger large enough to wreak considerable havoc remain undiscovered. That s why NASA and other agencies are attempting to prepare for such a situation. 

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