{"product_id":"how-to-kill-an-asteroid-the-real-science-of-planetary-defense","title":"How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense","description":"Finalist for the 2025 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award\n\nOne of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2024\nA Science News Favorite Book of 2024\n\nA gripping account of the \"city-killer\" asteroids that could threaten Earth and the race to build a planetary defense system.\nThere 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.\nIn 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\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1324050195\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1324050195.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Andrews, Robin George\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: 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.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41715422724154,"sku":"DBV.1324050195.VG","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1324050195-0.jpg?v=1790829913","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/how-to-kill-an-asteroid-the-real-science-of-planetary-defense","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}