AIDA: Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment study
The Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) study examines ways to potentially deflect asteroids from trajectories that could lead to them impacting Earth. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory would work with NASA and ESA on the mission, which includes two independent spacecraft: an impactor (to be built by APL for NASA) and an impact monitor (to be built by ESA).
The target of this mission is the binary asteroid system Didymos. The impactor would strike the smaller secondary of Didymos, while the monitor would observe and measure any change in the relative orbit.
Learn more:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Technology/NEO/Asteroid_Impact_Deflection_Assessment_AIDA_study
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.neoshield.net/en/index.htm
They really had fun when they made the names.
The Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment study – AIDA – examines ways to potentially deflect asteroids from trajectories that could lead to them impacting Earth.
http://youtu.be/OQ8vp-u-9A4
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That's going to take to be tested. That dream seems more doable. First they would have to find the space stone years before and who had time to ready, shoot and intercept. As lacking funds for NASA and ESA will take long that be built.
Did I miss it or did they just not mention any dates?
For the curious:?the mission would intercept Didymos in October 2022.
Impressive ?It would have been good to know a ?bit more. ?What is the respective masses of each vehicle? Is DART armoured or built more solidly than a commercial sat etc etc
THIS is an Amazing Program, and very interesting.
Does anyone know if the deep impact mission that happened years ago altered that asteroids' orbit?
Didn't we do something like this already with the DeepImpact mission?
It would be pretty ironic if the bring this asteroid on collision course with Earth during this mission.
I would expect these scientists to be more enthused in sharing their latest project info, but the teleprompter reading was so obvious and presentation so stoic they seemed? disinterested….. damn censorship.
this is my humble idea of how to deflects asteroids!!!!….? The Best Way To Deflect Asteroid…
hello, if someone would like to present their idea to someone at E.S.A…. how or with whom should I contact?…? This is a serious proposal!!…? you can see my proposal here on youtube by searching: "the best way to deflect asteroids"
1. capture an asteroid
2. bring into earth's orbit
3. attach some rockets to it
4. steer it into the path of the threat
we can have several of these defenders in orbit, ready to respond to an attacking asteroid, comet, (or UFO)
Just send Bruce Willis and a nuke.
Didn't we already learn we could deflect asteroids with explosive weapons? ?Bruce Willis proved it in 1998, did ESA and NASA already forget that? Damn.