by Hong Kong – China recruits for a planetary defense to combat the threat from asteroids that collide with the earth.
The successful candidates have to entertain tasks in connection with almost earthquake monitoring and early warning systems after the job description for the three positions that are published last week by the state administration of science, technology and industry for national defense (Sastind), which monitors the country’s space activities .
Applicants must be younger than 35 years old and “maintain a permanent political attitude” that corresponds to the ruling communist party and its leader Xi Jinping.
You also have to have a background in astrophysics, earth and space exploration technology, astronomy, optical engineering or aviation science and technology with a master’s degree or higher.
Sastind did not immediately answer a faxed request for comments on Tuesday.
After the discovery of 2024 years of December 27, 4, an asteroid with a measurement of up to 300 feet, which crosses the earth orbit every four years.
Last week, NASA announced that there was an opportunity of 2.3% that the asteroid in 2032 would collide with the earth, compared to 1.2% at the end of January.
“It’s a little chance, but it is still not insignificant that it could collide with the earth, and if this is the case, it could cause a large amount of damage,” said Quentin Parker, director of the Laboratory for Space Research the University of Hong Kong.
But in 2032 it is far enough, he said that the Chinese program and similar in the United States and other countries can work together to prevent this.
While the word “violence” can propose military connotations like the US world space force, Parker said that China is more of a team for the recognition of planetary threats and something against them, including the view of international cooperation, which is something. In my experience, the Chinese really like to try. “
The ads were an important topic of online discussion among young people in China who deal with high unemployment.
“The asteroid threat has created three new employment opportunities,” joked a commentator on the Chinese social media platform Weibo.
Social media users also said that the three recruits would be under strong pressure and try to save their world themselves.
But Parker said they could soon have more society.
“The thing with China is that it can use resources, significant resources and something of this kind,” said Parker. “You start with a team of 16 and five years, it could be a 100 team team.”
The Planetary Defense Force is part of a robust Chinese space program that includes a space station, missions on the other side of the moon and a rover on Mars.
Discovery pictures of 2024 YR4.
China has been a member of the International Asteroid Warning Network, a central information center, which is coordinated by NASA since 2018. In 2018, Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration System.
“We want to recognize these asteroids, develop defense strategies and find ways if necessary to change their orbits so that they no longer represent a threat to humanity or earth” news in October.
In 2027, China plans an asteroid deflexion test that resembles the double-seeded removal test, which was successfully carried out by NASA in 2020.
In recent years, China has achieved “significant progress” in asteroid defense, with engineering projects and telescopic constructions in the work, Li Mingtao, an expert at the National Space Science Center, told the State-Lun China Science daily newspaper in an interview that was published on February 10th.
“In the future, we will not only strengthen the configuration and performance of the devices that improve operating models and algorithms,” said Li, but also build specialized talents in asteroid defense and contribute China’s wisdom and makes up for ensuring the safety of the earth. “
Jennifer Jett reported from Hong Kong and Dawn Liu and Rae Wang von Beijing.
This article was originally published on nbcnews.com
