PostRusia Design Technology, Prevent Asteroid Collisions

PostRusia Design Technology, Prevent Asteroid Collisions
MOSCOW - The Russian government confirmed that it is formulating a cunning plan to prevent the asteroid Apophis hitting Earth.
Scientists estimate that a very large asteroid Apophis will hit Earth in 2036. These estimates are fishing the developed countries to compete to design a technology that can dispel the asteroid.
"Recently, scientists put interesting things about the asteroid that orbits closer to the Earth," says the head of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, Anatoly Perminov, as quoted by TG Daily, Thursday (31/12/2009).
"Scientists do take into Apophis will hit Earth in approximately 2030's," he added.
However, Perminov stressed that in a bid to stop the asteroid danger is, Russia does not plan to use nuclear weapons.
There will be no nuclear explosion. Methods used are all going under the laws of physics," he assured.
Perminov also added that Russia would be invited as well as experts from the U.S., Europe and China to participate in the delivery of this project.
"We will work together to design the system is worth hundreds of millions of dollars in order to prevent asteroid collisions. We prefer to think of the effort rather than just sit and wait for it to happen and probably could have killed hundreds if not thousands of lives," Perminov said.
However it should be noted, what was raised Perminov seemed excessive and clumsy when compared to the latest statement released by the U.S. space agency NASA. NASA predictions about asteroid collisions that seem not so 'terrible' and tend to underestimate.
NASA states, computational techniques and the latest data indicate the possible dangers facing the Earth decreased from 1:45.000 to 4:1.000.000.
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MOSKOW - Pemerintah Rusia mengonfirmasikan bahwa pihaknya tengah memformulasikan sebuah rencana yang cerdik untuk mencegah asteroid Apophis menghantam Bumi.
Ilmuwan memperkirakan asteroid Apophis yang sangat besar akan menabrak Bumi pada 2036. Perkiraan ini memancing negara-negara maju untuk berlomba merancang teknologi yang bisa menghalau asteroid tersebut.
"Baru-baru ini ilmuwan mengemukakan hal menarik mengenai garis edar asteroid tersebut yang semakin mendekati Bumi," kata kepala badan antariksa Rusia, Roscosmos, Anatoly Perminov, seperti dikutip dari TG Daily, Kamis (31/12/2009).
"Para ilmuwan memperhitungkan Apophis memang akan menabrak Bumi pada sekira tahun 2030-an," tambahnya.
Kendati demikian, Perminov menekankan bahwa dalam upayanya mencegah bahaya asteroid tersebut, Rusia tidak berencana menggunakan senjata nuklir.
"Tidak akan ada ledakan nuklir. Metode yang digunakan semuanya akan berdasarkan hukum fisika," ujarnya meyakinkan.
Perminov juga menambahkan, Russia pun akan mengajak serta para ahli dari AS, Eropa dan China untuk berpartisipasi dalam melahirkan proyek ini.
"Kami akan bekerjasama merancang sistem bernilai ratusan juta dolar ini agar bisa mencegah terjadinya tabrakan asteroid. Kami memilih untuk memikirkan upaya ketimbang hanya duduk dan menunggu hal itu terjadi dan mungkin saja bisa menewaskan ratusan bahkan ribuan nyawa," ujar Perminov.

Namun patut dicatat, apa yang dikemukakan Perminov nampak terlalu berlebihan dan janggal jika dibandingkan dengan keterangan terbaru yang dirilis badan antariksa AS NASA. Prediksi NASA soal tabrakan asteorid itu agaknya tidak terlalu 'mengerikan' dan cenderung meremehkan.
NASA menyebutkan, teknik komputasi dan data terbaru mengindikasikan kemungkinan bahaya yang menghadang Bumi menurun dari 1:45.000 menjadi 4:1.000.000.