The Asteroid Threat: Defending Our Planet from Deadly Near-Earth Objects

by William E. Burrows

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Presents a realistic, workable plan for defusing a potentially lethal threat from a rogue asteroid or comet.The explosion of a large meteor over Chelyabinsk, Siberia, in February 2013 is just the latest reminder that planet Earth is vulnerable to damaging and potentially catastrophic collisions with space debris of various kinds. In this informative and forward-looking book, veteran aerospace writer William E. Burrows explains what we can do in the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1616149132

ISBN13:9781616149130

Release Date:June 2014

Publisher:Prometheus Books

Length:282 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"

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