March 3, 2023 02:46 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/3/23622808/nasa-dart-mission-asteroid-kinetic-impactor-success
NASAs DART mission proves it can save the planet from killer asteroids
Remember last September when NASA crashed a spaceship into an asteroid to see what would happen? Well, an investigation team led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL) released a paper confirming that the successful Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission wasn’t just for fun; it proves that humanity can deflect asteroids and also actually save the planet.
NASA outlined the conclusion in a new blog post on Wednesday, explaining that the “kinetic impactor” technique, which APL writer Ajai Raj jokingly defines as “smashing a thing into another thing,” could indeed be used as an effective means of planetary defense.
“These findings add to our fundamental understanding of asteroids and build a foundation for how humanity can...
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