'Terror and joy': NASA's DART asteroid impact a historic success (and relief)

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It was a very emotional day for the DART team.

that might collide with Earth, humans might be able to avoid the catastrophe. Although the team will need days or possibly weeks to evaluate just how successful DART's test was, simply hitting Dimorphos was a massive achievement, they said.

"It was actually kind of disappointing," Adams said."We prepared these 21 contingencies and then we did none of them." A series of images captured by the DART spacecraft as it sped to impact the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, 2022.

 

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Actornauts

The distance of the asteroid is space time in our past. From the asteroid's point of view the same distance of earth the same amount of time in the future.

that one is a hell of a good looking woman

It must be at least slightly odd when your hard-worked space mission smashing into an asteroid is a successful cause for much cheering. 🚀🪨 DARTMission Dimorphos 😉

I guess we no longer need to send Bruce Willis to save our asses 🤣

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