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2022-09-26 Science & Technology

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is due to collide with an asteroid at 19:14 ET (00:14 BST, Tuesday)

NASA's first 'planetary defence' craft will try to deflect asteroid Dimorphos, which is 6.8 million miles from us

$325 million mission may sound like the plot of Hollywood blockbuster such as Armageddon or Deep Impact

But it could prove useful for altering the course of an asteroid years or decades before it bears down on Earth

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-26 09:21|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-26 16:54|| 2022-09-26 16:54|| Front Page Top

#2 My hope is that Dimorphos will ring like a brass bell.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-26 17:00|| 2022-09-26 17:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Looked like a direct hit.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-26 19:17|| 2022-09-26 19:17|| Front Page Top

#4 So much for waking up the aliens.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-26 23:21|| 2022-09-26 23:21|| Front Page Top

#5 "That's no Asteroid..."

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-09-26 23:41|| 2022-09-26 23:41|| Front Page Top