Question: Which space agency is set to conduct Asteroid Impact Mock Drill along with its international partners?
(a) ISRO
(b) NASA
(c) CNSA
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
(a) ISRO
(b) NASA
(c) CNSA
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- US Space agency NASA, along with its international partners, is set to conduct a mock exercise that will play out a realistic — but fictional — scenario for an asteroid on an impact trajectory with Earth.
- The exercise will help the planetary defense community understand the important aspects of a possible disaster and identify issues for accomplishing a successful response.
- The real work of preparing for the possibility of an impact of near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids or comets goes on mostly out of the public eye.
- In the spirit of better communication, at the 2019 Planetary Defense Conference, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO), and space science institutions, along with international partners, will participate in a tabletop exercise. This exercise will cover five days of the conference.
- Attendees at the conference will play out a fictional NEO impact scenario developed by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Center for NEO Studies (CNEOS).
- Exercise leaders will brief participants on the status of the scenario at the end of each day and soliciting response ideas and feedback, based on the latest fictional data.
- NASA has participated in six NEO impact exercises so far – three at Planetary Defense Conferences (2013, 2015, and 2017) and three jointly with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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