DART & HERA, NASA/ESA Asteroid Redirection Missions |
DART & HERA, NASA/ESA Asteroid Redirection Missions |
Nov 24 2021, 07:27 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Surprised we didn't already have a thread. DART launched successfully at 0621 UTC today (23 Nov 21). Mission page here, encounter (as in collision) with small satellite of 65803 Didymos in late Sep/early Oct 2022.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 25 2021, 12:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2089 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
I remember watching Deep Impact live; what an experience, and finally to be replicated!
And of course, Hera will come after to survey the damage. It would have been nice for AIM to be funded and be there already as originally planned, but it's just as well, we really don't know how much debris will be produced, do we? |
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Nov 25 2021, 02:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
I had the thrilling good fortune to watch this launch from a (considerable) distance. It's quite an interesting mission… not really space "exploration" per se, at least in its primary intent.
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