boem@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 1 year agoPlanetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarmnewsroom.ucla.eduexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down13cross-posted to: space@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkPlanetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarmnewsroom.ucla.eduboem@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: space@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 year 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… ;-)
minus-square_wintermute@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah, seems pretty unlikely NASA scientists didn’t predict debris from a >13,000km/hr collision of rock and half a ton of metal lol
minus-squarerambaroo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI remember reading about this idea in the 90s when Armageddon came out.
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… ;-)
Yeah, seems pretty unlikely NASA scientists didn’t predict debris from a >13,000km/hr collision of rock and half a ton of metal lol
thinking shit up?
I remember reading about this idea in the 90s when Armageddon came out.