Prof Alan Fitzsimmons, Queen’s University Belfast

Will be talking to us about The Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment (AIDA) cooperation between NASA, ESA, & AIS LICIA cube-sat

The aim of the cooperation is to show that deflecting NEA’s Near Earth Asteroids is possible,

Alan may well talk about NASA’s D.A.R.T mission due to launch sometime in 2021

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