@boem@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world • 2 years agoPlanetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarmnewsroom.ucla.eduexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down11cross-posted to: space@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareSanguineParlinkfedilink1•2 years ago UCLA-led study of NASA’s DART mission determines that the strategy presents previously unanticipated risks Unanticipated? Really? It was the very first thing that crossed my mind when I heard about DART - what happens to all the bits that break off? Maybe I should give NASA a call… ;-)
Unanticipated? Really? It was the very first thing that crossed my mind when I heard about DART - what happens to all the bits that break off?
Maybe I should give NASA a call… ;-)