“Asteroids, the smaller, rocky remnants of the planetary formation process. In recent years there has been a growing awareness to build planetary defence capabilities to safeguard the Earth from catastrophic asteroid impacts. Planetary defence involves early detection of such hazardous asteroids, their continual observation for better characterization and risk assessment and eventually devising a suitable risk mitigation strategy.” Stated by Dr. S.Somanath, Chairman ISRO and Secretary of the Department of Space in his inaugural speech while inaugurating the workshop on Planetary Defence today to commemorate World Asteroid Day at ISRO Bengaluru Headquarters.
In a one-on-one conversation with Dr. Anubha Jain, S.Somanath answered to many questions asked by her.
