Chris- Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/09/25/nasa-asteroid-planetary-defense-test/ Cool stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Excerpt please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, Reputator said: Excerpt please? Quote Heart rates are spiking in the Washington suburbs, where scientists and engineers on Monday evening hope to witness a vending-machine-sized spacecraft that is 7 million miles from Earth crash into an asteroid. If everything goes as planned, and the laws of gravity and motion don’t change at the last minute, this will happen at 7:14 p.m. Eastern time — or, to be precise: 7:14:23. There’s nothing major at stake here, other than demonstrating a technology that someday might save civilization. It’s important to note that the targeted asteroid isn’t a threat to Earth and has done nothing wrong to deserve this attention. But the space collision is a critical moment for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), NASA’s first test of “planetary defense.” This mission is designed to show how a “kinetic impactor” could deflect a dangerous asteroid that might strike the Earth. There are a lot of space rocks out there that could interrupt our typically peaceful journey around the sun. The general strategy in planetary defense is to alter the orbits of asteroids so that, even if they come close to Earth, they’ll pass by harmlessly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Dimorphos Did nothing wrong! Justice for Dimorphos! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Reputator said: Excerpt please? They're sending a satellite on a kamikaze mission to see if such a thing could adequately disrupt the flight path of any problematic asteroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Suck it, Adam McKay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Plot twist: We see at the last second before impact that it's an alien recon craft and we blow it up with a kamikaze ship, starting a war we stand no chance of winning! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 59 minutes ago, Xbob42 said: Plot twist: We see at the last second before impact that it's an alien recon craft and we blow it up with a kamikaze ship, starting a war we stand no chance of winning! Did I mention I'm pretty good at X-Com? Oo wait this reminds me I gotta givr that Terra Invicta game a try. (Think Xcom but instead of tactical ground combat u have tactical space combat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 18 hours ago, Xbob42 said: Plot twist: We see at the last second before impact that it's an alien recon craft and we blow it up with a kamikaze ship, starting a war we stand no chance of winning! So, basically Babylon 5, except instead of open gunports, its just pure stupidity. Sounds plausible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Live feed about 10 minutes away from impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Success! NASA continues its winning streak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Quote cool ass planet http://xkcd.com/37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Wow. That one's for the dinosaurs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I guess they should know if a few hours if they detect any change in speed. But images of the impact from the trailer craft should be available tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Did it actually move it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Joe said: Did it actually move it? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 15 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: Poses no threat to earth, just minding it's own business and we decide to fuck up that asteroid's day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Next step is to crash a satellite into Putin’s forehead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Any confirmation on if this changed its trajectory in any significant way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 2 hours ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Any confirmation on if this changed its trajectory in any significant way? I think what I heard is they won't be able to measure it properly for a few more days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Make sure to Google "Dart" if you haven't yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsida Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 lol nuke the Big House Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 45 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: nuke the Big House Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Just announced by NASA: Quote NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says DART successfully changed the orbit of Dimorphos, decreasing its orbital period around Didymos from 11hrs 55 mins to 11hrs 23mins, a 32-minute change. This change is about three times larger than was originally expected. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 7:36 PM, Joe said: Did it actually move it? On 9/27/2022 at 1:53 PM, GeneticBlueprint said: Any confirmation on if this changed its trajectory in any significant way? See above post 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Just announced by NASA: This change is about three times larger than was originally expected. This sounds fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 12 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: This change is about three times larger than was originally expected. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 How are they explaining the 3x difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 20 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: How are they explaining the 3x difference? bde vibes from brandon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 My title was better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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