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Are we smarter than the [blank] ? Specifically, are we clever enough to avoid their fate? If we don't want to be blown away by an asteroid, it would help to know what's out there. That's the idea behind the Sentinel [blank] . Sentinel is an [blank] space telescope [blank] to spot near-earth asteroids. But it won't be near-earth. It will launch in 2017 or '18 and adopt a Venus-like orbit around the sun. From there it will search space for any asteroids that might come [blank] close to the earth. It could double the known count of near-earth asteroids in a matter of weeks. With enough warning, we'd have a chance to [blank] an inbound asteroid.

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Are we smarter than the dinosaurs ? Specifically, are we clever enough to avoid their fate? If we don't want to be blown away by an asteroid, it would help to know what's out there. That's the idea behind the Sentinel mission . Sentinel is an infrared space telescope designed to spot near-earth asteroids. But it won't be near-earth. It will launch in 2017 or '18 and adopt a Venus-like orbit around the sun. From there it will search space for any asteroids that might come dangerously close to the earth. It could double the known count of near-earth asteroids in a matter of weeks. With enough warning, we'd have a chance to deflect an inbound asteroid.
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