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Asteroids:are they a real menace?

Hawaii, USA - ESA takes part in the Earth defence programme

The European Space Agency (ESA) is running a project named Space Situational Awareness. This project aims to identify all the potential incoming space menaces. The programme works through a network of telescopes: the latest one is the Faulkes Telescope North, Hawaii Islands (the other telescope of the system, the South, is in Australia). The project SSA is keeping watch over space hazards, including...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1140631
Rome, Italy, 05/14/2012 23:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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