Space group B612’s President Danica Remy claimed the risk to Earth from asteroids is very small in the short-term but inevitable in the long-term. Speaking to NBC she said she was 100 percent of a future collision. She said: “It’s 100 percent certain that we’re going to get hit, but we’re not 100 percent certain when.”
B612, set up in 2002, is an organisation leading global efforts to protect Earth from the potential impact of asteroids.
One of the foundations original goals was to advocate for and see that an asteroid demonstration deflection mission was implemented.
Ms Remy claimed for the first time in human history there is now the technology to help solve the problem.
Experts in planetary defence are now working on ways to deflect potentially hazardous earth bound asteroids.
However scientists claim more needs to be done to detect them in time to take effective action.
NASA estimates that at least 95 percent of asteroids one kilometre (3,280 feet) or larger have been cataloged, with none posing a threat to Earth.
However scientists claim more needs to be sone to detect them in time to take effective action.
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