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"NASA recently crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the
rocky traveler off its trajectory. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test – or
DART – was meant to test one potential strategy for preventing an asteroid from
colliding with Earth. The collision occurred on Sept. 27, 2022, and on Oct. 11,
2022, NASA announced that the mission had successfully changed the orbit of the
asteroid Dimorphos. David Barnhart is a professor of astronautics at the
University of Southern California and director of the Space Engineering
Research Center there. He watched NASA’s live stream of the successful mission
and explains what happened."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
