jawshoeaw t1_iqyq0tf wrote
Reply to comment by D3ATHfromAB0V3x in After DART: Using the first full-scale test of a kinetic impactor to inform a future planetary defense mission by EricFromOuterSpace
I did some rough calculations of how much energy the DART craft had and it was about 1/1000 of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima. 1/1000 doesn’t sound like much but this was just an initial try. And that’s still equivalent to 15 tons of TNT. Not bad. The problem with a nuke is you can’t just slam it in, you first have to slow down, match speeds , then land and tunnel into the middle of it . Maybe all doable but dang .
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