NASA Simulation of <br />Asteroid Hitting NY <br />Predicts Mass Destruction The simulation was part of the "National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan." Designed by NASA engineer Paul Chodas, it took <br />place at 2019 Planetary Defense Conference <br />in College Park, MD. The fictional scenario simulated a <br />60-meter piece of a larger 260-meter <br />asteroid breaking off and <br />impacting Manhattan. An asteroid that size packs <br />1,000 times the destructive power <br />of the nuclear bomb that devastated Hiroshima. The piece breaks off after spacecraft <br />attempts to deflect the larger asteroid<br />heading straight for Denver, CO. The simulation revealed that <br />the only way to save the population <br />of New York was a mass evacuation. NASA officials said it will help to develop "more effective communications" within the planetary defense community and governments. According to NASA, <br />no known asteroid poses a risk to <br />the Earth in the next 100 years.
