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To: Paladin2
It is developing a special type of spacecraft called DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), which is about the size of a fridge, and can be fired at an asteroid with enough force to change its trajectory.

NASA plans to test out DART on a pair of asteroids named Didymos A and B, which are scheduled to make a "distant approach" to Earth in October 2022.

5 posted on 10/02/2017 10:10:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

What could possibly go wrong there?


32 posted on 10/02/2017 11:53:00 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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