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    NASA proposes using nuclear strikes on small asteroids detected on a collision course with Earth in order to prevent impacts. NASA claims this could prevent 99% of space rock attacks. A recently detected 100-meter sized asteroid called PDC 2021 was only detected about 6 months before potential impact, not allowing enough time to redirect it. An expert from Johns Hopkins University says detonating a megaton nuclear warhead on an asteroid's surface would destroy it without leaving large debris, and if used at least a month before impact could prevent 99% or more of the asteroid's mass from hitting Earth, as depicted in the film Armageddon.

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    NASA proposes using nuclear strikes on small asteroids detected on a collision course with Earth in order to prevent impacts. NASA claims this could prevent 99% of space rock attacks. A recently detected 100-meter sized asteroid called PDC 2021 was only detected about 6 months before potential impact, not allowing enough time to redirect it. An expert from Johns Hopkins University says detonating a megaton nuclear warhead on an asteroid's surface would destroy it without leaving large debris, and if used at least a month before impact could prevent 99% or more of the asteroid's mass from hitting Earth, as depicted in the film Armageddon.

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    NASA proposes using nuclear strikes on small asteroids detected on a collision course with Earth in order to prevent impacts. NASA claims this could prevent 99% of space rock attacks. A recently detected 100-meter sized asteroid called PDC 2021 was only detected about 6 months before potential impact, not allowing enough time to redirect it. An expert from Johns Hopkins University says detonating a megaton nuclear warhead on an asteroid's surface would destroy it without leaving large debris, and if used at least a month before impact could prevent 99% or more of the asteroid's mass from hitting Earth, as depicted in the film Armageddon.

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    MOHD ZAIN DOLLAH 509703

    ASTEROID ATTACKS EARTH (ZAIN) *OTS 1/1

    ((INTRO))
    ((OTS: GFX ASTEROID ATTACKS EARTH))
    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) suggests that
    nuclear strikes be used on small asteroids on a collision course with Earth to
    avoid the impact of space rocks.//
    NASA claims, this action will prevent 99 percent of space rock attacks on planet
    Earth.//
    ((VT))
    ((OTS: T/G ASTEROID ATTACKS EARTH))
    ((INSERT VISUAL: NASA HEADQUARTERS BUILDING))
    The 100-meter-sized asteroid known as PDC 2021 could only be detected
    about six months before it hit the earth.//
    That's not enough time to send a spacecraft to pull it out of Earth's orbit.//
    ((James : PATRICK KING/JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER))
    ((SOT IN: 20 SEC))
    A megaton nuke detonating on the surface of an asteroid would destroy it
    without leaving thousands of large pieces of debris headed for earth. If we use
    a powerful nuclear strike technique at least a month before impact, we can
    prevent 99 percent or more of the mass of asteroids from hitting the earth.//
    ((SOT OUT))
    This idea was shown in the famous Hollywood movie released in 1998,
    Armageddon when Bruce Willis and a space crew were sent to destroy a giant
    asteroid that was about to hit the earth.//
    ((END))

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