Deflection of An
Asteroid
Costa Rica lent her
support to the scheme to
deflect an asteroid from
its orbit by using a
“space tractor” in the
year 2015.
President Oscar Arias
announced the commitment
after a meeting with
former astronauts
Franklin Chang, of Ad
Astra Rocket Company,
and Russel Rusty
Schweickart, a member of
the B612 Foundation who
partook in the Apollo 9
mission in 1969.
The Foundation was
established to deflect
asteroid 9942 Apophis
and the device used in
the mission would be
driven by a plasma
engine developed by Ad
Astra Rocket. |
