Asteroid Impacts On Earth: A Protection Plan

A century ago this week, an event in far-off Siberia rang a cosmic wake-up call for Earth. That explosive event over remote Tunguska is generally viewed by scientists as a large space rock that pierced through the atmosphere of Siberia, then detonated to flatten some 2,000 square kilometers of trees.

One hundred years later, there is certainty in the stars – the thought that an asteroid loitering out there in space has Earth’s name on it. But today, a matching of technology and space governance could negate such events from happening in the future.

“The Tunguska event just 100 years ago reminds us that the threat of an asteroid strike is real,” said Ray Williamson, Executive Director of the Secure World Foundation (SWF).
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