Can We Shift Asteroids’ Orbits? Chris Hadfield, Brian May and Others Propose Mission | Video

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 10:30 in Astronomy & Space

Newton’s Third Law suggests hitting an asteroid could deflect it from a collision course with Earth. ESA's Asteroid Impact Mission plus NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft will test an impactor and measure any orbital changes.

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