 Are we in preparedness mobilisation for the asteroid Apophis close approach? Do you guys realise, agencies around the world are trying to work out how to stop an extinction level event? An asteroid that could be taller than two black pool towers combined is expected to shoot past the Earth early next month and according to the Jet Propulsion Lab, it's potentially hazardous, wait till you hear this. When they say it's potentially hazardous and it's actually 19 times further away than the moon at its close approach, then you have to wonder about such classifications and if that wording somehow relates to the study of the human reaction to such words and this mammoth space rock has been classified potentially hazardous by the near-earth object centre at JPL, but this time it is expected to pass safely and NASA usually determines whether an asteroid is potentially hazardous or not by examining its size and distance from our planet. Known as 2021 KT-1, the asteroid will make a close approach to the Earth on June 1st at about 10.24am Eastern Daylight Time. You have to understand that the world close is a relative concept in cosmic terms and it is estimated that the distance this rock will actually swing past the Earth is around 4.5 million miles and even though this is roughly 19 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon, NASA still considers this past and its near-approaches data sheets. It will fly past the Earth at a speed of roughly 40,000 miles per hour which equates to 20 times faster than a speeding bullet and the JPL estimates the size of the asteroid could be up to 1,082 feet in diameter and that is roughly the size of three football fields combined. But according to the agency's centre for near-earth object studies, it's not a major cause for concern and they say that no one should be overly concerned about the Earth's impact of an asteroid or comet, the threat to any one person from auto accidents, disease or natural disasters and a variety of other problems is much higher than the threat of a near-earth object. However, it added that the chances of our planet being hit by an asteroid one day are slim but never zero and the double asteroid redirect test will be launched on the 24th of November this year and we believe that this is the preparedness for the asteroid apotheos scenario, which will rattle our planet and possibly be altered enough in 2029 to come extremely close to our planet in 2036 and if the asteroid turns onto a collision course with the Earth then this will be an extinction level event and the asteroid redirect test may be our only hope before weapons are launched at the object, but what do you guys think about this one anyway? Comments below and as always thank you for watching.