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NASA spacecraft set to intentionally crash into an asteroid to help save Earth
q13fox.com ^
| Sept. 10, 2022
| Heather Brinkmann and Emilee Speck
Posted on 09/11/2022 9:34:36 AM PDT by PROCON
NASA will use a spacecraft later this month to test a planetary-defense method that could one day save Earth.
The Double Asteroid Redirect Test spacecraft, otherwise known as DART, will be used as a battering ram to crash into an asteroid not far from Earth on Sept. 26. The mission is an international collaboration to protect the globe from future asteroid impacts.
"While the asteroid poses no threat to Earth, this is the world's first test of the kinetic impact technique, using a spacecraft to deflect an asteroid for planetary defense," NASA said Thursday.
In November 2021, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched with DART from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 23, 2021, carrying NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Mission spacecraft. (NASA / FOX Weather)
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; dart; didymoon; didymos; dimorphos; elonmusk; falcon9; nasa; science; spacex
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Kamala knows a lot about space, perhaps she can travel on the rocket to 'save the earth'.
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:34:36 AM PDT
by
PROCON
To: PROCON
How do we know that Meritless Garland and The Fey Wray are not going to deflect the asteroid to hit Mar-a-Logo?
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:37:57 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: PROCON
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:39:09 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
To: PROCON
While the asteroid poses no threat to Earth............
Deflect it toward earth probably.
To: Paladin2
To: PROCON
NASA has gone kamikaze, huh?
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:40:24 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protectio)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:41:05 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: TribalPrincess2U
They will probably leak hazardous materials all over the asteroid—that will show it who is boss!
;-)
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:41:46 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: PROCON
Apparently, this intentional crash is going to release several tons of wrecked, metalic debris into perpetual orbiting of the outer space. Perhaps there is no other way.
Bringing any of that structure back into the earth’s atmosphere would guarantee a dark shower of cinders and not much more.
To: PROCON
But what if the ramming sets the asteroid on a course toward earth.
Finally, the Sweet Meteor o’ Death!
To: PROCON
> will be used as a battering ram to crash into an asteroid <
A battering ram? That so Middle Ages. I’d prefer a more modern approach.
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:43:27 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Don’t worry, they’ll miss in spectacular fashion.
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:45:58 AM PDT
by
OHPatriot
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: PROCON
What about a giant net? Would be neat to catch an asteroid.
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:48:12 AM PDT
by
Bayard
To: PROCON
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:49:14 AM PDT
by
algore
To: PROCON
What could
possibly go wrong?
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:49:33 AM PDT
by
Bratch
To: PROCON
This is a stupid act. We don’t know enough to be mucking with asteroids. It’s been over 12,000 YEARS since we suffered a major hit...LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE NASA IDIOTS.
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:52:03 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Biden's 'WAR ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE' speech is history's Jimmah Carter's BIG RABBIT blunder..)
To: PROCON
Manmade solutions to keep asteroids from hitting earth are destined to fail. What has been spoken about Last Days will come to pass.
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posted on
09/11/2022 9:54:21 AM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. - Psalm 33:12)
To: PROCON
Why not just use Mega Maid?
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posted on
09/11/2022 10:00:06 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
To: Bratch
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posted on
09/11/2022 10:03:14 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: PROCON
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posted on
09/11/2022 10:05:06 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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