NASA warning over ‘raining nuclear rocks’ striking Earth
A SCIENTIST warned NASA during a book that the space agency’s plan to save Earth from an asteroid could result in radioactive material “raining down”.
Natalie Starkey is a cosmochemist concerned about protecting Earth for future generations and is the author behind 2018 book “Catching Stardust”. Inside, Dr Starkey discusses how asteroids – the millions of small rocky bodies that lurk within the inner Solar System – could one-day end life on Earth. NASA is constantly scanning the cosmos and categorising any Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) as Potentially Hazardous Objects (PHO) if they could pose a threat.
However, if a distant space rock does manage to slip through the space agency’s defence, there are several desperate measures that can be taken to save life on Earth, it was revealed during the text.
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