China reveals plans to crash a spaceship into an asteroid to alter its trajectory - Daily Mail

Beijing's asteroid mission, which was laid out by the deputy director of the China National Space Administration, is scheduled for launch sometime in the mid-2020s.

China will aim to crash a spaceship into an asteroid as part of plans for a planetary defence system that could one day stop a space rock smashing into Earth. The deflection mission, which is intend… [+10266 chars]

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