A meteor burns up because it nears Earth, not like asteroids that may hit the floor and wreak havoc
James Blake/Falklands Maritime Heritage Belief
The right way to Kill an Asteroid
Robin George Andrews (W.W.Norton)
FOR a era of scientists – and science fiction followers – Hollywood films like Armageddon and Deep Affect have helped form and scare society. The chance of an asteroid wreaking havoc on our planet, wiping out giant swathes of Earth and the people on it, are actual.
However as science journalist Robin George Andrews writes in The right way to Kill an Asteroid: The actual science of planetary defence, the hazard…
