Join Space Society for a Viewing of 'The Real Science of Asteroid Defence' by Robin George Andrews!
This will be a viewing of the live talk by Dr Andrews where he discusses his main ideas and concepts in his new book, HOW TO KILL AN ASTEROID. Dr Andrews is an award winning science jouranal author, who has previously recieved fame for his previous book SUPER VOLCANOES.
Here is a description of the show!
Asteroids colliding with the planet aren’t just something that the dinosaurs had to deal with. Astronomers think that there are approximately 25,000 “city killer” asteroids in near-Earth orbit – and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction and represent our greatest cosmic threat. Join volcanologist and science writer Robin George Andrews as he reveals how an international team of scientists and engineers are working to protect Earth by literally rearranging the night sky, using NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).
The DART mission successfully crashed a spacecraft into a city killer, altering the asteroid’s orbit and proving that we can stand a chance against them. But how did NASA pull off the world’s first planetary defence test? Everyone enjoys a good story about people banding together to save the world from ruin. This one, about the planetary defence movement, just happens to be true.
We hope you will join us! The live talk begins at 7pm.