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Save the Earth: Hit asteroid with spaceship

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This color image of Eros was acquired by NEAR's multispectral imager on Feb. 12, 2000, at a range of 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers). It is part of the final approach imaging sequence prior to orbit insertion and is intended to map the color properties of Eros across all of the illuminated surface.It sounds like the plot of a bad Bruce Willis movie, but some experts are saying it should be a reality. To prepare for massive asteroids that could aim for Earth in the future, researchers should ram a spaceship into a real asteroid to see if the space rock would shift course, scientists say.


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