Starks t1_jajadty wrote on March 1, 2023 at 8:58 PM Reply to NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper Does DART scale up though? Would it be better to have a fleet of them, larger ones, or have more generic gravity tractors ready for longer-term defense options? Permalink 3
Starks t1_jajadty wrote
Reply to NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper
Does DART scale up though? Would it be better to have a fleet of them, larger ones, or have more generic gravity tractors ready for longer-term defense options?