NASA is always on the lookout for ‘possibly dangerous’ asteroids that might endanger Earth. NASA is also planning for the worst-case scenario: a collision with an asteroid. Yes, an asteroid might collide with Earth. In a surprising turn of events, an asteroid collided with the globe only a day ago, on March 11.
It was supposed to travel by Earth at a distance of 2,890 kilometers, but owing to the Earth’s gravitational attraction, the asteroid was forced closer to our planet and slammed into it. It did not, thankfully, result in any casualties. The reason for this was because it was too little, measuring just over a meter in length, and it crashed in a remote location, Greenland.
However, it does highlight the reality that asteroids are both deadly and unexpected, posing a major threat to Earth. While this asteroid was minor, there are larger asteroids in orbit that may wreak worldwide harm and potentially threaten mankind and all living forms on Earth’s survival.
It has now been disclosed that NASA conducted a covert mission to cope with such a danger. NASA, FEMA, the US Space Command, and other agencies participated in a Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise to evaluate the capacity to react successfully to an asteroid strike risk to Earth.
The great news is that NASA has reaffirmed that for the near future, there are no expected asteroid strike dangers to our planet, but as we saw yesterday, prospective threats to Earth may materialize. NASA has assessed the efficiency of a plan of action connected to prospective natural catastrophes in order to assure complete readiness for any such calamity.
NASA Simulation
The organizations collaborated for two days to develop a comprehensive hypothetical situation in which researchers identify a synthetic asteroid called 2022 TTX. This hypothetical asteroid would have been huge enough to wreak significant damage to Earth. It crashed near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, according to the scenario.
In this scenario, the asteroid was supposed to collide with Earth six months after it was discovered.
Due to existing technology limits, important data regarding the asteroid is only accessible when it is quite near to Earth. Until mere days before the asteroid’s projected impact, the particular features of the asteroid, including its dimensions and thus its impact and precise damage, were largely unclear.
