How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense
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Finalist for the 2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award
One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2024
A Science News Favorite Book of 2024
A gripping account of the "city-killer" asteroids that could threaten Earth and the race to build a planetary defense system.
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.
In How to Kill an Asteroid, award-winning science journalist Robin George Andrews―who was at DART mission control when it happened―reveals the development of the technology that made it possible, from spotting elusive asteroids and comets to figuring out their geologic defenses and orchestrating a deflection campaign. In a propulsive narrative that reads like a sci-fi thriller, Andrews tells the story of the planetary defense movement, and introduces the international team of scientists and engineers now working to protect Earth. 26 illustrations
ASIN: 1324050195
VSKU: DBV.1324050195.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Andrews, Robin George
Binding: Hardcover
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Condition Notes: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.
ASIN: 1324050195
VSKU: DBV.1324050195.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Andrews, Robin George
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.
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