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thxpk t1_iqxxvwy wrote

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

Not true, simulations already show it would be very effective

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/science/asteroid-nuclear-bomb.html

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Brusion t1_iqy42h0 wrote

I never said it wouldn't be effective. I am saying there is no shockwave from a nuke in space. That it doesn't behave like people might think.

I literally said in my post the ways it would affect an asteroid's motion.

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