China's 'real' mission to save Earth | DW News

China is embarking on a more ambitious and more realistic campaign to save the planet from asteroids than NASA's recent DART mission. DW's Ben Fajzullin looks into the science involved and consequences with planetary defense expert Mark Hilborne and asks if there could be a hidden military agenda behind the project.

Chapters: 00:00 Could an Asteroid Wipe Out Humanity? 00:31 Space Race or Space Weapons? 01:20 How Dangerous Are Asteroids Really? 01:37 The Asteroid That Flattened Siberia 02:17 Why Smaller Asteroids Are the Bigger Threat 03:24 NASA DART vs China's Asteroid Test 04:24 The Risks of Deflecting an Asteroid 05:29 Hidden Military Agenda? 05:53 Space Treaty 06:39 China, Space Dominance & the New Space Race 07:36 The Growing Threat of Space Junk

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