[FPSPACE] FW: [esa_general] Asteroids: treasures of the past and a threat to the future

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: "ESA" <contactesa at esa.int>
>Reply-To: ContactEsa at esa.int
>Subject: [esa_general] Asteroids: treasures of the past and a threat to the 
>future
>Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:00:31 +0200
>
>If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 – about 500 m 
>in diameter with a mass of nearly 1000 million tonnes - collides with the 
>Earth it could spell disaster for much of our planet. As part of ESA’s 
>Near-Earth Object deflecting mission Don Quijote, three teams of European 
>industries are now carrying out studies on how to prevent this.
>
>Full story:
>http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMC43NFGLE_index_0.html