People will create a defense system against a space threat capable of shooting down a dangerous fireball in the 21st century, said Oleg Ugolnikov, an astronomer and senior researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. RIA Novosti writes about it.

He explained that it was hard to shoot down a space body. To do this, first of all, you need to track it for a long time. The scientist added that there are ideas for creating a space air defense (AD) system. He believes that they will be able to implement them before the end of the century. “In the 21st century, of course, they will. Over the next 80 years, I think they will come up with it, ”he admitted.

In November 2021, the director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Petrukovich told how a meteorite capable of destroying the Earth should look like. He believes that celestial bodies no less than a kilometer in size can do this.