NASA unveils system that could defend the Earth from asteroids

Tim Allman 2021-11-05

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US space agency - NASA - has unveiled a system it might use to protect the earth from asteroids. In what's being described as the first planetary defence test mission - a satellite will be launched into space - and crashed into a pair of asteroids - to try and change their course. The BBC's Tim Allman has the story.

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