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While I was working at NASA I was told by a colleague that Trump canceled the asteroid deflection program that was being ran at the LaRC facility. Now looking f
by Datenstrom 8y ago
While I was working at NASA I was told by a colleague that Trump canceled the asteroid deflection program that was being ran at the LaRC facility. Now looking for a reference all I can find is news about him starting an asteroid deflection program because of this incident.
I'm not sure of the details since I was working in an AI research department.
- pohl 8y agoHere you go. That was news from a budget proposal on March 16, 2017 https://www.space.com/36090-trump-2018-nasa-budget-request.html https://www.space.com/36090-trump-2018-nasa-budget-request.h...
- jtuente 8y agoI mean, that's not how the US budget works. But yes, his budget proposal included nixing an Obama-era project to redirect an asteroid to lunar space for a manned mission. I wouldn't call that a deflection program.
- Rebelgecko 8y agoI'd say deflecting an asteroid so that it goes closer to Earth still counts as deflecting :) That said, the cancellation was a shame since it gave the Lunar Gateway a concrete and useful purpose.