Typrix t1_iqwvpei wrote
Reply to comment by xGHOSTRAGEx in After DART: Using the first full-scale test of a kinetic impactor to inform a future planetary defense mission by EricFromOuterSpace
10000 times more 'effective', if effectiveness correlates directly with energy.
gulgin t1_iqxyhwu wrote
My favorite factoid about DART is that the impact was significantly more energetic than if they had literally made the entire impactor out of TNT, landed it on the asteroid and then blown it up.
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