Die NASA hat mit ihrer DART-Rakete einen kleinen Asteroiden erfolgreich abgelenkt. Durch den kinetischen Einschlag wurde eine beträchtliche Menge an Trümmern aus dem Asteroiden geschleudert – der Einschlag verändert die Umlaufbahn des kleinen astronomischen Körpers und wirkt sich auch auf das größere kosmische Objekt aus
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nasa-successfully-deflected-a-small-asteroid-with-its-dart-rocket-kinetic-strike-ejected-a-significant-amount-of-debris-from-the-asteroid-impact-nudges-the-orbit-of-the-small-astronomical-body-affecting-the-larger-cosmic-object-as-well
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ib4 65 million years from now it impacts another exoplanet, wiping out a population of overgrown reptiles.
Not sure we’ll be around that long as a race to ever need it but pretty cool nonetheless. The real question is how many pints the bloke had that lined it up? 2-4 seems optimal for me..
finally! some good news
Don’t mind us, just prepping for apophis
Anyone know how much of a warning we have in spotting the asteroids that might collide with us? Like what’s the limit of our vision and how time would we have before likely impact.
so I guess hiring a bunch of oil drillers to nuke an asteroid is out of the question?
The DART mission happened in 2022. The final report just got released. Even the early reports showed the success.