NASA could nudge or nuke to divert any near-Earth objects

Tom Allen
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A nuclear strike has been considered, but Bruce Willis is nowhere in sight

The head of planetary defence at NASA, Lindley Johnson, has spoken to Politico about how the organisation could defend the Earth against the unlikely and unwelcome possibility of an asteroid impact...

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