TerryHancock,
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This is really very cool!

The DART mission was wildly successful at changing the trajectory of an asteroid.

It didn't split the asteroid. It didn't produce an ineffectual "puff" of light debris.

It blew away a nice ejecta stream of small particles that acted as reaction mass, converting impact energy to additional momentum. Just about optimal.

This is a big deal: it could be used to save civilization on Earth, someday.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-dart-mission-impact-changed-asteroid-s-motion-in-space

GillesLeCorre2,
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@TerryHancock

"Civilization on Earth"
What are you talking about? That bunch of morons who do absolutely everything possible to make their planet uninhabitable? An asteroid would put them out of their misery, wouldn't it?

clith,
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@TerryHancock to really divert asteroids it would be best to send a robotic miner/ejector that uses the asteroids own mass for thrust over a long period using nuclear power.

got80s,

@TerryHancock got kinda confused at first. Our public transit system here is called DART.

TerryHancock,
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