China to build asteroid monitoring & defense system, to conduct tests as early as 2025 - Global Times

China is planning on building an asteroid monitoring and defense system, and plans to carry out a technical experiment as early as 2025 on a threatening asteroid by closely tracking and attacking it to change its orbit, China National Space Administration (CN…

Photo shows China's first lunar sample at the opening ceremony on the Space Day of China on April 24, 2021. Photo: Deng Xiaoci/GT China is planning on building an asteroid monitoring and defense sys… [+3612 chars]

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