China wants to play "Asteroids":   
      
   "Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets   
   to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually   
   be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth."   
      
   "At China's National Space Science Center, researchers found in simulations   
   that 23 Long March 5 rockets hitting simultaneously could deflect a large   
   asteroid from its original path by a distance 1.4 times the Earth's radius.   
      
   Their calculations are based on an asteroid dubbed Bennu, orbiting the sun,   
   which is as wide as the Empire State Building is tall. It belongs to a class of   
   rocks with the potential to cause regional or continental damage. Asteroids   
   spanning more than 1 km would have global consequences."   
      
   See:   
      
   https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/chinese-researchers-pr   
   pose-deflecting-armageddon-asteroids-with-rockets-2021-07-07/   
      
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