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NASA Simulates New York City Asteroid Hit NASA Simulates New York City Asteroid Hit
NASA Simulates New York City Asteroid Hit It was just a test. New York City was struck with an asteroid, killing more than one million. … In a simulation. In a NASA simulation of a fictional scenario, a 200-foot wide asteroid struck New York, leveling buildings and killing an estimated 1.3 million in Manhattan. The simulation was part of the “National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan,” which was published by the White House this week at the Planetary Defense Conference in Maryland. The simulation was held in a fictitious 2027. The asteroid would have packed a punch approximately 1,000 times the force of the…

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