China plans bold asteroid collision test to outpace NASA's DART mission
The test would pair an impactor with an observer spacecraft to measure how a faster strike changes the asteroid’s orbit, researchers said.
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The first Chinese planetary defense mission will attempt to divert the orbit of a 30-meter asteroid and check its effects with a second observation ship
China plans bold asteroid collision test to outpace NASA's DART mission
According to the researchers, China’s planned mission goes beyond NASA’s DART demonstration by attempting a more realistic planetary defense scenario. Instead of merely altering the orbit of one asteroid around another, the mission is designed to directly change an asteroid’s trajectory relative to Earth. The researchers also said the impact could potentially disrupt or even break apart the asteroid’s structure if necessary. The project is bei…
China plans to carry out its first mission to protect the planet by 2030, during which the spacecraft will crash into an asteroid.
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