Accidents and Asteroids

[Waspie_Dwarf]

Accidents and Asteroids

There are an estimated 20,000 asteroids near Earth and this is only one of the areas in which our Planet is vulnerable. In 2009, ESA launched its Space Situational Awareness Programme - to focus on three main areas of Hazard: Space weather, Near earth objects and space Surveillance and tracking.

Credit: ESA

Source: ESA - Space in Videos

[taniwha]

There is nothing to test these asteroid weapons on though. You only get one shot so It better be a good one!