Space

First man-made crater on an asteroid

The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 claims the record for the first human-made crater on an asteroid. On April 25, 2019, the impact between a copper "bullet" and Ryugu, the celestial body object of the experiment. The image in the post, taken by a camera on the probe, shows the effects of the impact on the surface (source: Kobe University). The images are quite clear despite the shooting distance: almost two kilometers. We are far from the catastrophic (for a space stone) effects of nuclear explosions such as ... Read all

Gianluca Riccio

26 April 2019

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The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 claims the record for the first human-made crater on an asteroid. On April 25, 2019, the impact between a copper "bullet" and Ryugu, the body celestial object of the experiment.

The image in the post, taken by a camera of the probe, shows the effects of the impact on the surface (source: Kobe University).

The images are quite clear in spite of the distance of sprint: almost two kilometers. We are far from the catastrophic (for a space stone) effects of nuclear explosions like those in the films, but knowing that we can hit and "affect" a asteroid is a good one sign.

We hope that this ability will not serve in the future!

Gianluca Riccio, creative director of Melancia adv, copywriter and journalist. He is part of the Italian Institute for the Future, World Future Society and H+. Since 2006 he has directed Futuroprossimo.it, the Italian Futurology resource. He is a partner of Forwardto-Studies and skills for future scenarios.

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