China will protect the Earth from asteroids

China is going to create an effective system of ground and space-based, which will notify in advance of objects that pose a danger to our planet. At the same time, Chinese experts plan to develop technologies that can prevent the approach of such celestial bodies. “We will try by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), or in 2025-2026, to start testing technologies for close-range observation of any asteroid that poses a threat to the Earth. With their help, we will carry out a collision, as a result of which this celestial body will be displaced from its orbit,” said Wu Yanhua, deputy head of the China National Space Administration.