Blue Origin Unveils NEO Hunter Plan to Deflect Asteroids
TL;DR
Blue Origin, in collaboration with NASA's JPL and Caltech, introduced the NEO Hunter mission concept to defend Earth from hazardous near-Earth objects, leveraging the Blue Ring platform. The plan envisions a two-phase approach: first deploying cubesats to study and characterize the target asteroid to guide deflection, including an ion-beam method; if needed, a second phase would perform a robust direct kinetic disruption (inspired by NASA’s DART) with a Slamcam to document the impact. The mission is planned to launch its first phase in spring 2026.
Topics:sciencespace-and-spaceflight#asteroids#blue-origin#blue-ring#neohunter#planetary-defense#space-and-spaceflight
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