Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ aeronautics firm, is teaming up with NASA for a brand-new planetary defense mission called “Near-Earth Objects Hunter,” aiming to protect our planet from incoming asteroids. This high-tech initiative, which will utilize a new spacecraft named “Blue Ring,” is expected to launch sometime this year, though an official date hasn’t been announced yet.
The danger posed by space rocks isn’t just something out of a sci-fi movie. According to UNILAD, thousands of asteroids, some large enough to wipe out entire cities, pass alarmingly close to Earth every year.
