Meteor explosion in Russia, warning to Indonesia

Ria Novosti said officials at The Chelyabinks pass and exploding meteors allegedly crashed into a lake.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – "meteor explosion in Russia is a warning to us," said astronomer ITB, Hakim l. Malasan.

Meteor explosion at Chelyabinsk, Russia on Friday (15/02/2013) yesterday took place outside the allegations, leading to about 1,200 people injured. The judge hopes the incident can raise people's awareness will be the possibility of a similar case in Indonesia.

"Hopefully in future public awareness will be increased, not only for a moment (after the event occurred)," said Judge when contacted Kompas.com today (17/02/2013).

The judge added, Indonesia with vast territory and the existence of a threat of lacing the asteroid that could happen at any time. Thus, the concept of protection need to be built of the air (spaceguard) is serious.

"The Government, through EIGHT, should begin seriously building up the concept of spaceguard. As long as this region protection is focused on the matra (dimensions) land and maritime (sea). Matra Aerospace was noteworthy. Governments need to develop the concept of sky patrol in Indonesia. " The Judge Said.

Currently, Indonesia has yet to have an early warning technology and space patrol, which can detect the potential fall of the asteroid or other heavenly bodies (e.g., space junk).

Thomas Djamaluddin, astrophysicist of flight and Space Agency (LAPAN) said National, tenologi to support the supervision of natariksa very expensive objects. In the world, recently developed countries such as America, Japan, and countries in Europe that have it.

"There are goals towards there, but is currently not possible to be realized because of the huge funds needed to build it. This is also related to the budget, "said Deputy Science, learning, and Aerospace Information EIGHT.

Thomas said, "to get around it, the Government is conducting international cooperation with other countries in the world, through the mechanism of data exchange (data sharing)".

Said Thomas, space patrol and early warning systems to anticipate a disaster due to lacing asteroids and other heavenly bodies built for the benefit of mankind throughout the world without any territorial restrictions.

When asteroids or astronomical objects that fall to earth are large, a disaster which may occur not only override the country that became the hit location but will also have an effect on surrounding countries. (Fifi Dwi Pratiwi)