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China Plans Planetary Defense Test By Slamming Mach 26 Spacecraft Into Asteroid

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July 25, 2026 • 54 views
Original source: Biztoc.com
China Plans Planetary Defense Test By Slamming Mach 26 Spacecraft Into Asteroid

China Plans Planetary Defense Test By Slamming Mach 26 Spacecraft Into Asteroid A new paper under peer review by the Chinese-language Journal of Deep Space Exploration lays out an ambitious plan to crash a spacecraft at Mach 26, or 20,000 mph, into a near-…

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