Averting an Asteroid Catastrophe

Assuming we’re able to detect a hazardous asteroid approaching the Earth, what can we do to prevent disaster?

Dinosaurs ruled this planet for 165 million years, which probably makes them one of the most successful species ever to have existed. But that all came to an abrupt end when fate dropped a 10 kilometre-wide asteroid on them.

You’ve probably heard the old saying, ‘Hope for the best, plan for the worst.’ In engineering, it makes a lot of sense. It’s why ta…