Bg. Sunny, Andaikata dinosaurs tak terpunahkan oleh astroid yg menubruk bumi.....bagimana yaa,apakah yg anda sebut para cendikiawan langitan dan kita2 akan ada hari ini???
aikata On 14-May-2019 4:08 PM, "Sunny ambon [email protected] [GELORA45]" < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > *Asteriod ini datangnya dari langit, jadi paling tidak pakar, cendikiawan > kaum langitan bisa berbuat sesuatu agar metior tidak gebuk bumi tempat kita > diami, kalau bumi digebuk oleh asteriod maka kiamat. Apakah mereka bisa > berbuat sesuatu, misalnya seperti minta hujan mengatasi kekeringan*? > > > https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/05/opinion/international- > call-for-asteroid-defense/ > *International call for asteroid defense* > > *By **MATTHEW J L EHRET* <https://www.asiatimes.com/author/matthew-ehret/> > > > From April 29 to May 3, a unique five-day conference took place bringing > together leading scientists, engineers and policymakers to discuss the > important matter of mankind’s long-term survival in a very hostile part of > the galaxy. The fifth annual Planetary Defense Conference > <https://spacepolicyonline.com/events/iaa-planetary-defense-conference-2019-apr-29-may-3-2019-college-park-md/> > in > Baltimore, Maryland, was opened by a powerful keynote address by NASA > administrator Jim Bridenstine, who painted a picture not only of the very > real threat life on Earth faces due to the highly volatile (and highly > unknown) behavior of asteroids (near-Earth objects) orbiting in our sector > of the solar system, but also outlined an important pathway to world peace. > > The threat of asteroid collisions with the Earth is very real, and > provides a very serious basis for international cooperation on the common > aims and in the interest of humankind. > > Bridenstine opened his <https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6031055569001/> speech > by saying, “We have to make sure that people understand that this is not > about Hollywood. It’s not about movies. This is about ultimately protecting > the only planet we know right now to host life, and that is the planet > Earth.” > > > > > After announcing the launch of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test > (DART), Bridenstine said “we know for a fact that the dinosaurs did not > have a space program … but we do, and we need to use it.” > > As these words were being spoken, the US National Aeronautics and Space > Administration had announced that asteroid 99942 Apophis > <https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1124258/Nasa-warning-asteroid-tracker-collision-apophis-apocalypse-video> > (named > after the Egyptian god of chaos) would come within 30,500 kilometers of the > Earth on April 13, 2029 – which is closer than some satellites. The head of > NASA’s presence at this forum was especially important since the White > House had recently created a “National Near-Earth Object Preparedness > Strategy and Action Plan” that commissioned a simulation > <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/06/nasa-asteroid-test-planetary-defense-conference-marks-fake-nyc-doom/1115978001/> > of > Apophis colliding with the Earth with devastating results. > > Currently only 8,000 of the estimated local asteroids larger than 140 > meters in diameter have been identified and nothing is even close to being > in place to change their trajectories. Even if a collision were not to > occur for several years, humanity’s technologies and priorities are > dismally far from preventing such a collision. > > Just to put things in perspective, Bridenstine reminded his audience that > in February 2013, a meteor measuring only 20 meters in diameter and > traveling at 64,000km/h exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, causing a > shockwave that destroyed property and injured more than 1,600 people. The > energy in that blast was the equivalent of 30 Hiroshima bombs. This > incident caught the world off guard, since everyone’s eyes were pointed at > the other side of the Earth, where a much larger asteroid came within > 27,000km but missed that same day. > *Potential Russian-US alliance* > > Bridenstine, who has been a longtime advocate of US-Russia-China > collaboration on science, described his experience in Russia at that time.. > “When I was over in Russia, the head of Roscosmos, Dimitri Rogozin, said > that was high on his agenda. As you can imagine with Chelyabinsk and > Tunguska, Russia has been significantly impacted by these events, so they > have keen awareness and intensity on this that I think is important.” > > In 2011 Rogozin made headlines by calling for a policy he termed “The > Strategic Defense of the Earth (SDE).” As the name implies, the SDE was a > revival of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) US president Ronald > Reagan first made <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89gvfbFgN4> in 1983.. > Unlike George Bush Sr’s unilateral version of the SDI later, that first > version was based on joint US-Russia collaboration of a ground- and > space-based system of plasma-based advanced laser technologies that would > have made nuclear war strategically impossible. While the Russians rejected > the offer then, Rogozin’s reactivation of the idea three decades later was > a stroke of poetic irony. > > > > Rogozin’s new design called not only for international collaboration > around an anti-nuclear-war policy, but additionally included asteroid > defense. Rogozin was very clear in 2011 that this policy would re-channel > the trillions of dollars’ worth of military hardware being built up by the > anti-ballistic-missile shield around Russia (and China) into a function > that protects rather than destroys life. > > Little known in the West, Russia Today reported > <https://www.rt.com/russia/missile-defense-earth-nato-085/> in October > 2011 that the program focused on “fighting threats coming from space rather > than just missiles.… It would be an integration of anti-aircraft, missile, > and space defenses. The system would be targeted against possible threats > to Earth coming from space, including asteroids, comet fragments, and other > alien bodies.… The system should be capable of both monitoring space and > destroying any dangerous objects as they approach our planet.” > *The lunar element* > > Today both Rogozin and Bridenstine are leading figures behind Russian and > American plans for lunar and Mars colonization. The US currently has a > commitment for a permanent lunar colony by 2024 > <https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/437476-can-america-return-to-the-moon-by-2024> > as > a platform for lunar mining and Mars development. Russia’s vision is nearly > identical, with plans for the first manned mission between 2025 and 2034 > and a permanent colony established by 2040 > <https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/11/29/russia-announces-plans-to-establish-moon-colony-by-2040-a63557>. > The European Space Agency has plans for a manned moon colony by 2030 > <https://interestingengineering.com/esa-building-moon-village-2030> and > China has announced its first manned mission by the same period > <https://interestingengineering.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-chinese-space-program>. > All four agencies have expressed a serious interest for asteroid defense. > > Already, through Bridenstine’s leadership NASA has managed to crack the US > government’s ban on space cooperation with China imposed under Barack > Obama’s presidency, when NASA shared data > <https://phys.org/news/2019-01-nasa-china-collaborate-moon-mission.html> with > China during the *Chang’e-4* landing on the far side of the moon on > January 3 this year. Leaders among the Russian, Chinese and American space > agencies have made it clear that the lunar-Mars development programs are > heavily driven by opportunities for space mining (including the abundance > of helium-3 deposits > <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-06/china-s-moon-landing-may-fuel-humanity-s-drive-to-other-galaxies> > on > the moon that are unavailable on Earth). Anyone serious about fusion > technology knows that this isotope, which has accumulated for billions of > years on the moon thanks to its lack of a magnetic field, is the best > source of fuel for fusion <https://larouchepac.com/fusion-economy> as the > next phase in human development. > > Regardless of what we may wish to believe, humanity exists in a universe > that demands we pay attention to its behavior. Galactically driven > catastrophes have led to five mass extinctions since the Cambrian period > and, as Bridenstine noted, we are the first species that has exhibited the > potential capability to prevent another one from occurring. > > *A version of this article was originally published by the Strategic > Culture Foundation* and is located here > <https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/05/13/nasa-and-roscosmos-leadership-unite-in-call-for-asteroid-defense-a-game-changer-in-global-politics/> > . > > > >
