crixus Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Hey guys. Not sure if it’s been mentioned already but the live DART mission to change the trajectory of an asteroid is on this afternoon at 4 PM MST on the Science Channel. Very interesting concept. I’d like to see this tech developed to the point of a machine being able to push/ move asteroids away without just blowing up on impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgreg Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 People, not a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 4:38 PM, azgreg said: They’ve been talking about the chances this misses the target. I sure hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 We need General Beringer from War Games to be the jefe for this mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgreg Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Impact! People, not a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestinFlPackfan Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 6:25 PM, azgreg said: Impact! Can you post some link or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgreg Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 4:26 PM, DestinFlPackfan said: Can you post some link or something? The video above. People, not a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 Hell yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 Will be interesting to see the trajectory change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestinFlPackfan Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 6:28 PM, azgreg said: The video above. Thanks. I misinterpreted @utenationpost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestinFlPackfan Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 6:29 PM, halfmanhalfbronco said: Will be interesting to see the trajectory change. This^^^^ . It is extremely important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 5:34 PM, DestinFlPackfan said: This^^^^ . It is extremely important. We have had a crazy number of asteroids come close the past few months that we had no idea existed until a few days prior. NEO planetary defense is very important and not talked about enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azgreg Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 People, not a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawlorfaithful Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 We’re all sitting in the dugout. Thinking we should pitch. How you gonna throw a shutout when all you do is bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 8:31 PM, thelawlorfaithful said: The guidance system on this craft stole the show. Like I said earlier, I hope we see an army of robots searching out and pushing away threats. Reusable is my hope. We’ve been playing with fire far too long crossing our fingers nothing hits us when logic and history say otherwise. Tons of data to recover on the Dart impact but I’m pretty sure we did the right math on trajectory change. Proof is in the pudding. Newton’s 3rd Law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 8:31 PM, thelawlorfaithful said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utenation Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 BTW, all countries that have any resources need to contribute to this going forward. Sounds like there was plenty of international input for the mission but I think we picked up the bar tab on this. I could be wrong and I hope I’m wrong. I know the ESA has some follow up missions planned, so that part is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfmanhalfbronco Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 9:32 PM, utenation said: BTW, all countries that have any resources need to contribute to this going forward. Sounds like there was plenty of international input for the mission but I think we picked up the bar tab on this. I could be wrong and I hope I’m wrong. I know the ESA has some follow up missions planned, so that part is good. You are not wrong, we paid for it. A purely NASA mission. What we really need other countries to help invest in is the detection of these NEOs. Too many times in recent months we have had asteroids whiz past us that we did not even know existed until days or even hours before. If one of those was set to collide with our planet, there would have been no time to do anything about it, they were all city busters at a minimum and one was a large country buster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...