"NASA's $1 Billion Payment to Prevent Earth's Catastrophe: The Truth Revealed"

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Source: UNILAD
"NASA's $1 Billion Payment to Prevent Earth's Catastrophe: The Truth Revealed"
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NASA paid a space expert $1 billion to lead a mission to stop the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu from crashing into Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample from Bennu in 2020, providing valuable insight to prevent a potential impact. If Bennu were to crash into Earth, it would create devastating consequences, including a blast equivalent to 1,450 megatons of TNT, leaving a crater four miles wide and half a mile deep, triggering an earthquake and powerful winds, and causing long-lasting disruptions.

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