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ESA starts work on planetary defence mission, because Bruce Willis is retired
The European Space Agency has begun work on a planetary defence mission that will intercept an asteroid predicted to come within 32,000km of Earth in 2029. The Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES) mission targets asteroid 99943, aka Apophis, …