What DART has taught us so far
What DART has taught us so far
www.planetary.org What DART has taught us so far
NASA's DART mission showed that if we detect a dangerous asteroid headed toward Earth, knocking it off course with a spacecraft is a potential option.
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“Humans can indeed move an asteroid.” By crashing into the asteroid at more than 4 miles per second!
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It's interesting how much extra thrust they got from expelled ejecta. That was one of the big unknowns.
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