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2022-09-27 Science & Technology

Asteroid collision spotted from EARTH: Incredible videos from observatories in South Africa and Hawaii capture the moment NASA's DART spacecraft smashes into Dimorphos from 6.8 million miles away

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-27 07:18|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Dimorphos course corrected for impact on Mar-A-Lago as planned.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-27 10:23|| 2022-09-27 10:23|| Front Page Top

#2 That's no Asteroid... and now the're really pissed!"

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-09-27 10:25|| 2022-09-27 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Total nerd ornpray. I guess the 'Burg filters out the P word??

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2022-09-27 15:30|| 2022-09-27 15:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes.
From 'nukes' to an array of mirrors and even a gravity TRACTOR: All the wackiest asteroid-blocking ideas NASA contemplated before gambling $325 million on a 15,000mph game of cosmic billiards with its DART probe

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-27 15:42|| 2022-09-27 15:42|| Front Page Top

#5 #3 - yes. Substitute Pron and everyone knows what you're referring to

Posted by Frank G 2022-09-27 18:59|| 2022-09-27 18:59|| Front Page Top

#6 You could just write pørn. Press Alt+0248 for ø.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-09-27 19:18|| 2022-09-27 19:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Sitting on hands to keep from searching "prawn pr0n". Jumbo Shrimp II? Stuck in His Craw? Blackened Étouffé? Bleh.

Posted by Glimble tse Tung1818 2022-09-27 19:34|| 2022-09-27 19:34|| Front Page Top

#8 "What a whale of a tail!"
"I'm more of a feeler fella myself."

Posted by Glimble tse Tung1818 2022-09-27 19:36|| 2022-09-27 19:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Hey, nerds enjoy seafood too!

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-27 23:30|| 2022-09-27 23:30|| Front Page Top

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