China mulls building defense system against near-Earth asteroids

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) — China is ready to construct monitoring and protection techniques defending the planet from the hazards of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs).

Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China Nationwide Area Administration (CNSA), informed China’s CCTV Information just lately that China will begin to construct an Earth-based and space-based NEA monitoring and warning system, with a purpose to make sure the protected, secure and orderly operation of spacecraft.

China will categorize the dangers posed by NEAs and discover strategies to neutralize these dangers, stated Wu.

Moreover, China plans to arrange an NEA protection system, map out an NEA protection blueprint and develop digital software program to simulate NEA-derived danger eventualities.

The nation hopes to method an asteroid to watch it carefully earlier than impacting it to change its orbit in 2025 or 2026, a rehearsal to stop NEAs from endangering our planet sooner or later, in response to Wu.