11 points | by mpweiher 4 hours ago
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For reference, if Didymos were on a collision course with earth, we'd need to our interceptor to hit it about 16,000 years prior to impact to get it to miss Earth, or more realistically a substantially larger kinetic impactor/ swarm of impactors.
What about a nuclear bomb?
Dart's results can't be directly translated for nuclear weapons
What about a solar sail?
Dart's results can't be directly translated for solar sails
For reference, if Didymos were on a collision course with earth, we'd need to our interceptor to hit it about 16,000 years prior to impact to get it to miss Earth, or more realistically a substantially larger kinetic impactor/ swarm of impactors.
What about a nuclear bomb?
Dart's results can't be directly translated for nuclear weapons
What about a solar sail?
Dart's results can't be directly translated for solar sails