ThrowForward Thursday 106: NASA shoots a rocket into an asteroid to save the world
Graeme Codrington's Future of Work
English - June 15, 2023 12:14 - 4 minutes - 4.07 MBManagement Business Careers change futureofwork futurist leadership learning disruption futuretrends graemecodrington Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In September 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft deliberately collided with a small moonlet, Dimorphos more than 7 million miles away from earth. It successfully changed its trajectory, and proved that we can use this approach to deal with future threatening asteroids.
It's a marvel of modern science, but it's also a fantastic analogy for what businesses need to be doing with "worst case scenario" thinking.
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Livestream of DART Mission: https://www.youtube.com/live/4RA8Tfa6Sck
Planetary Defense Coordination Office: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Defense_Coordination_Office