Is that asteroid 1999 KW4 going to hit Earth?
Asteroid 1999 KW4 is not going hit Earth tomorrow. Don't believe me, though. Here's some good resources and tools to fact-check for yourself.
Summary
A collection of 6 posts
Asteroid Mining: Getting the first mission off the ground
A fully-contained near-Earth asteroid retrieved to cislunar space can be used as a Research and Development destination for resource extraction and engineering tests as space-native material, unaltered by a radical change in environment, in industrial quantity, and in an accessible orbit.
Economy of Space
What value do we get from doing things in space? What is the potential for the commercialization of space? And what does that have to do with asteroids?SummaryEvery non-biological resource that we
Planetary Defense - Characterization (Part 2)
What do we need to do to deflect an asteroid that's going to hit Earth?It's not very simple and it requires decades of intense study and continued technological development. We're not there
Asteroids and Why They Matter
Why should I learn about asteroids?(Motivation behind Asteroid Analytics)Space offers humanity the opportunity to really become unlimited. Obviously we have to take care of our Earth, the solar system, and all
Planetary Defense - Detection (Part 1)
(Updated 23 Jan 2019)What do we need to do to deflect an asteroid that's going to hit Earth?It's not very simple and it requires decades of intense study and continued technological