NASA's first planetary defense test worked, successfully redirecting an asteroid by crashing the DART spacecraft into it.

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NASA's first planetary defense test worked, successfully redirecting an asteroid by crashing the DART spacecraft into it.

10-11-2022, 01:21 PM

This is pretty cool. It's almost like playing a game of Master Of Orion. Planetary defense against threats from space.

NASA Confirms Its DART Probe Moved the Asteroid It Crashed Into

https://www.businessinsider.com

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has proved that NASA could potentially push a hazardous space rock off of a collision course with Earth.
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