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Powerful-Space-2142 t1_j1dmsse wrote

Reply to comment by Accomplished-Home471 in DART test by [deleted]

I agree but lets say tomorrow they want to run a similar test on an asteroid in the asteroid belt. It can affect the Earth, doesnt that necessitate that NASA or any space body at least gets a consensus from different space agencies

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keuschonter t1_j1dna00 wrote

General treaties on space say "no weapons" there is literally not a regulatory body that covers space, it does not exist. NASA does not need to get permission from anyone but the FAA so that they don't accidentally send a rocket into a plane. I'm almost certain they tell other countries they're sending something up so that nobody thinks we're launching nukes at them, but there's no need to seek permission because there's literally no one to get permission from.

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TareaMizou t1_j1dpqcg wrote

The asteroid belt is much farther away than the DART target. They targeted a near earth asteroid and the purpose of this test was to protect the earth from potentially hazardous asteroids. Any such consensus would be nice to have but not at all required under any current treaty. Plus who is going to try to stop the US from sending interplanetary probes

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