The Monthly Monitor...what is heading our way this month?

Discussions about the possibility to divert NEOs in route of collision with the Earth have been going on for more than 10 years. The topic is particularly difficult to address for many reasons. First, there is a lot of concern about the means that should be adopted in order to move a mountain in an adverse environment such as space; second, it is not clear at all what would be the best strategy to achieve the desired goal; third, although evereybody agrees that something should be done in case of a clear threat, there is considerable debate about the timing, size and operational details of a diverting maneuver...

Earth-impactors mitigation methods
by Germano D'Abramo -SCN

From the novel: THE DINOSAURS' BEQUEST
by Andrea Milani - Director of NEODyS