The “kinetic impactor” technique used in NASA’s DART mission can save Earth.
confirming that the successful Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission — that wasn’t just for fun! — proves that the humanity can deflect asteroids and also actually save the planet.on Wednesday, explaining that the “kinetic impactor” technique, which APL writer Ajai Raj jokingly defines as “smashing a thing into another thing,” could indeed be used as an effective means of planetary defense.
“These findings add to our fundamental understanding of asteroids and build a foundation for how humanity can defend Earth from a potentially hazardous asteroid by altering its course,” NASA’s associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Nicloa Fox stated in the agency’s blog post.
. The DART spacecraft launched debris from the asteroid at the impact point, known as ejecta. The recoil effect of the debris was found to have contributed more to the asteroid’s momentum change than the impact itself.that asteroids like Dimorphos, with a diameter of around half a mile, can be successfully deflected by this method and not need an advance reconnaissance mission.
All-in-all, there’s a lot of optimism about humanity’s ability to protect itself from giant space rock bullies. And we’ll have to hand off the recipe for how to do this whole kinetic impactor thing to the next generation, because according to the APL: “no known asteroid poses a threat to Earth for at least the next century.”
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