Rogozin called on to look for extraterrestrial life – BFM.Ru

He also considers it necessary to protect the planet from falling asteroids

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that the need to seek extraterrestrial civilizations and protect the Earth from asteroids. These words were in the air “Russia 24″. See also: The Russian telescope “Master” has found a new dangerous asteroid

According to Rogozin, he was “as any Earthman “dreams to learn that life is not only on our planet. “It’s fundamentally interesting problem,” – said Deputy Prime Minister. At the same time, he acknowledged that in this case it should rather go to the international format, not just about the Russian work. Whatever it was, Rogozin suggested that studies of this kind are allocated to them for money.

In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister recalled the Chelyabinsk meteorite that fell to the ground in 2013. “We can not know what can be found in 5-10 years, do we have the technological capabilities to the knowledge of the dangerous approach of another body to our planet, to be able to turn away from the body surface of the earth,” – said Rogozin.

Earlier, speaking of the meteorite that exploded in the atmosphere over the Chelyabinsk region, Rogozin stressed that the military could not prevent it. The blast wave smashed windows in the 7,000 buildings. Affected about 1,600 people.