South China Morning Post·3 min read·medium
China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test
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China is planning a planetary defense mission to strike a near-Earth asteroid with a high-speed projectile by 2030. The mission aims to test the ability to alter an asteroid's orbit or break its structure, surpassing the capabilities of NASA's previous DART mission.
China’s first planetary defence mission appears to be far more ambitious than Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), according to a new paper outlining its plan to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid before 2030.
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