Book

How to kill an asteroid : the real science of planetary defense / Robin George Andrews.

Record details

ISBN: 9781324050193
ISBN: 1324050195
Physical Description: xviii, 306 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue: Apocalypse Please -- To Russia with Love -- This is for the Dinosaurs -- Hollywood and the Nuclear Hail Mary -- Spying on Heaven -- Never Tell Me the Odds -- This is How We Lose -- A Dress Rehearsal for Saving the World -- In the Shadow of the Sun -- The Cotton Candy Killers -- Ashes to Ashes -- Dust to Dust -- Epilogue: What Do We Say to the God of Death?
Summary, etc.:	There are approximately 25,000 "city killer" asteroids in near-Earth orbit--and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction, and represent our greatest cosmic threat. But in September 2022, against all odds, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a carefully selected city killer, altering the asteroid's orbit and proving that we stand a chance against them.