Name | Poseidon |
Type | Asteroid |
Method | Nuclear charges for fracturing the asteroid |
Mission | International collaboration to defuse the asteroid |
Discovery | Late 20th century |
Consequences | Radioactive debris from nuclear charges |
Threat status | Collision course with Earth (resolved) |
Collision year | 2050 (averted) |
World's response | International collaboration for future asteroid defense and accelerated Mars Colonization |
Mars Colonization | Development of asteroid defenses |