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Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm

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Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm

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boem@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world · 3 years ago

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

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I have definitely read about fragmentation being a concern in deflecting asteroids a long time ago.

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