Ten years preparing for 'Armageddon'

Ten years preparing for 'Armageddon'

Terra Daily

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Paris (ESA) Feb 12, 2024

It's a scenario made famous by the 1998 film 'Armageddon': an asteroid is spotted on a collision course with Earth, and experts scramble to plan a space mission to rendezvous with the asteroid and mitigate the danger. It's classic science fiction, but did you know there is a very real group responsible for recommending such a response in real life? And it celebrates its tenth birthday this week.

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