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NASA Is Going To Crash A Probe Right Smack Dab Into An Asteroid For A Really Good Reason – Gizmodo Australia
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is all about potentially diverting dangerous asteroids from becoming meteors that hit Earth.
Normally, NASA likes its probes to make contact with other objects in space in a very controlled manner. You want to land a rover on Mars, not drop a rover on Mars, for example. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is different. This time, NASA is going to stomp the ion pedal and just ram the damn thing with their spaceship, because fuck you, asteroid. Also, theyll learn a lot about potentially diverting dangerous asteroids from becoming meteors that hit Earth. But mostly because they dont…
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