NASA questioned experts on response capabilities in the event of asteroid strikes. The means to react, or even counter a space object, are still very unclear.
Humanity would not be ready to neutralize asteroids, according to a NASA report spotted by the media The Register on June 21, 2024. The American space agency organized a game in which each participant must react to a scenario of falling asteroids. ‘asteroid. The probability of hitting Earth was 72% in 14 years.
A large majority of aerospace experts interviewed admitted that response capabilities in this situation were uncertain. “ The decision-making process for space missions in an asteroid threat scenario remains unclear. The process has not been defined in the United States or internationally ”, says the report.
The game also revealed that “ the role of the UN-approved Space Mission Planning and Advisory Group (SMPAG) in an asteroid impact threat scenario is not fully understood by all participants “. This working group should make it possible to have an international response in the event of a space threat.
Asteroid strikes remain predictable for NASA
The game’s storyline implied that the asteroid was between 60 and 800 meters wide. There was a 47% chance it would affect more than 1,000 people, a 28% chance it would affect more than 100,000 people, and a 0.04% chance it would impact more than 10 million people .
The probable path of the impact would be located on a line that crosses Mexico, the United States, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Egypt and ends at Saudi Arabia.
Faced with the shortcomings of space agencies, NASA recommends that the international community establish a planetary defense process. An exercise should be conducted to test all possible options and establish a course of action.
We reassure you, NASA only seeks to be prudent and forward-looking. The risk of an asteroid strike is not only extremely low, but also very predictable. Space agencies’ tools make it possible to observe the trajectory of a space object almost a hundred years in advance. And, remember that there are other natural disasters to manage on Earth, already announced by researchers.
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