If you are reading this then there is a good chance that you are either very concerned or somewhat afraid of an Asteroid hitting the Earth and changing our realm of reality forever. Indeed, you are not the only one concerned and it is a real possibility. Luckily as far as probability goes, it is not so likely yet plausible that if could happen in our lifetimes. Now eventually as science and the defense industry advances we maybe able to shoot down or deflect such an object heading toward us. Did you know that in 2036 there is a chance that the Asteroid named Asteroid 99942 or 2004 MN4 could hit our Earth? Did you know some of the most brilliant minds in our Nation are working on this right now, figuring out the best response to prevent it? In fact they are not taking this somewhat statistically remote chance any less seriously than if it were an inevitable and potential eventuality. NASA tracks all NEOs Near Earth Objects and takes them all seriously. Their goal is to find and track 90% of all NEO that are bigger than 1 kilometer within the next two-years. And there are good chances there maybe more threats on the Horizon that we do not know of. This same asteroid will do a near miss in 2029 and should be visible by the naked eye. So NASA scientists are wanting to stick a radar transmitter tracker to triangulate its exact path or perhaps put a device on the asteroid to change its trajectory completely so it will never get close. The more we learn about NEOs the greater our chances of dodging the bullet of catastrophe in the future. |
