The ESA's Asteroid Intercept Mission Video

The European Space Agency is planning to send an orbiter and an impactor to a nearby asteroid. The mission is called Don Quijote, and its tagline is "keeping the sky in a mission they call Don Quijote.

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Science & Technology

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• asteroids
• deflection
• near
• earth
• object
• don
• quijote
• crazy
• space

[FistsofVengeance]

this is amazing. look at what humans can achieved. the mathematics involved is so advanced and precise.

truly amazing.

so many stupid comments on this video.

[Karagianis]

The idea of DESTROYING an asteroid with nukes is Holywood science. The actual plans put forward for the use of bombs against asteroids concentrate on the idea of DEFLECTING the asteroid so that it misses the earth.

[TEHTYMEKITTEH1]

ACTUALLY IT GETS SPED UP IN THE SUMMER OF 2034 AND HITS THE MIDDLE EAST ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2034 :7:34 EST.

[BarefootArizona]

The Japanese have this thing called the "Hayabusa" They can land that bad boy on the asteroid and blow it up!

I always knew the Japanese were going to save the world...

[Dadutta]

It seems they are preparing us for a celestial body to hit the earth – and it will come much sooner than 2036….they’re desensitizing us to the idea, inasmuch as they can….

[thomaserossi]

Ask me in 2035 if I care.

By that time the Muslims in Eurabia will have murdered all of the scientists and the Cultural Marxists will cheer from the "Diversity" claiming "only more Multiculturalism will solve these problems."

[Armigo91]

I did forgot to mention the phrase "houston we got a problem"

It could always happen that the retro boosters could fail once its parket next to the asteroid.

So we probably need a reserve probe.

[Armigo91]

The force of gravity is as accurate as a computer can do math. So questioning the aproach of gravity assist is like saying a computer is a worse way of calculation PI

[Armigo91]

distant. Course changes by only 0.1degrees will send the asteroid around earth instead of in earth:P

In fact if a asteroid was about to collide with earth it itself is a precise aim and accuracy that it does. So you also need precise change in accuracy to make it not hit.

[Armigo91]

Nobody understands anything about how gravity works, its pathetic.

You can precisely meassure from the moment a asteroid leaves the asteroid belt wether its gonna hit 4-5 or many years later or not.

By the time the asteroid is 2 years before impact we already had a delta 4 heavy or ariana 5 rocket put a car sized probe next to the asteroid. Even if the asteroid is like 10km wide, it will only have to move by several meter per second over a course of 2 years.

When your target is small and

[Baldurthegood]

why don't we tow the damn thing back and mine it. ORE ORE!!!!

[m8585645]

I think better is to evaporate it, cuz it might collision with others :D