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Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm (newsroom.ucla.edu)
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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

UCLA-led study of NASA’s DART mission determines that the strategy presents previously unanticipated risks

Unanticipated? Really? It was the very first thing that crossed my mind when I heard about DART - what happens to all the bits that break off?

Maybe I should give NASA a call... ;-)

[–] _wintermute@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Yeah, seems pretty unlikely NASA scientists didn't predict debris from a >13,000km/hr collision of rock and half a ton of metal lol

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I remember reading about this idea in the 90s when Armageddon came out.