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TransposingJons t1_iqwuupr wrote

Reply to comment by Mike__O in After DART: Using the first full-scale test of a kinetic impactor to inform a future planetary defense mission by EricFromOuterSpace

Yes...we are waiting on the results.

When announced, you'll definitely hear about it ^(unless we've been taken out by an asteroid before then.)

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Soturi34 t1_iqxbw1z wrote

Just so happen that we have decided to test moving asteroids now...

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ConversationNew7107 t1_iqxq6sf wrote

They’re always moving though.

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Lorjack t1_iqy3vtd wrote

I was thinking what if this mission of theirs went so wrong that is changed the trajectory of that asteroid to actually hit earth instead, oh the irony. But I'm sure they thought of that and there was no risk of that actually happening haha

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Background_Daikon992 t1_iqy5cox wrote

The one they impacted wasn't a near-earth asteroid, for that very reason.

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Bensemus t1_iqzo165 wrote

Not really. The main reason they hit this asteroid was because it was a binary pair. This makes is way easier to measure the tiny change in orbit.

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Kuli24 t1_iqxhm3n wrote

Lefty loosie tighty whitey hit the asteroid big and mighty.... oop, wait, sir I think we hit the wrong side of it.

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