If an asteroid strikes, the rocket stage may protect you!

At about 5 o'clock on January 19, Beijing time, an asteroid as wide as a kilometer will pass over the earth and pass within less than 2 million kilometers of us. In the face of the increasing frequency of asteroids " visiting" The Earth, how can we guard against it?

China has been acting against such potential asteroid impact risks. A number of experts from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China Academy of Space Technology have cooperated to propose a combined kinetic energy impact plan for the end stage of the spacecraft rocket, which has turned the rocket terminal stage into an important tool for defending against asteroids.

In short, it is the "last stage of the stone", using the rocket terminal stage to hit the asteroid, so that the asteroid is deflected to prevent it from hitting the earth.

What exactly this plan is like, let's listen to the rocket model designer Qian Hang's story.

In the future, the mainland will also deepen its understanding of asteroids through a series of exploration plans, serve the defense of asteroids with relevant technologies and information, and contribute more "Chinese solutions", "Chinese wisdom" and "Chinese strength" to mankind's peaceful use of space and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Source/ China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology official WeChat public account

Video/ Fu Dongli, Pei Baoli

Editor/Yang Sishuang

Audit/Yang Jie

Executive Producer/Xu Chunmei

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