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https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/smashing-success-nasa-asteroid-strike-results-in-big-nudge/CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.
The space agency attempted the first test of its kind two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth’s way.
The Dart spacecraft carved a crater into the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, hurling debris out into space and creating a cometlike trail of dust and rubble stretching several thousand miles (kilometers). It took days of telescope observations to determine how much the impact altered the path of the 525-foot (160-meter) asteroid around its companion, a much bigger space rock.
Before the impact, the moonlet took 11 hours and 55 minutes to circle its parent asteroid. Scientists had hoped to shave off 10 minutes but NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the impact altered the asteroid’s orbit by about 32 minutes.
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I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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I'm sure they used Nosler Partitions, naturally.
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I'm sure they used Nosler Partitions, naturally. If they had used a partion it would've been a complete pass thru and dropped like a rock no more than 50 yards after. They should hire us to design the next projectile!
God Bless America
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So- - - - -given the probability of Murphy's Law coming into play- - - - -the likelihood of turning a "near miss" trajectory into a direct hit on Earth is now a distinct possibility!
Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!
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So- - - - -given the probability of Murphy's Law coming into play- - - - -the likelihood of turning a "near miss" trajectory into a direct hit on Earth is now a distinct possibility! My Thought as well.
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Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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So- - - - -given the probability of Murphy's Law coming into play- - - - -the likelihood of turning a "near miss" trajectory into a direct hit on Earth is now a distinct possibility! My Thought as well. Mine too, the .gov will fug it up.
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Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
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easy fellows, just follow the science. Right? lol
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SMH. Leave it to the campfire to turn a positive into a negative. lol
They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
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What could possibly go wrong? That'd really be the chits!
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"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022
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Anyone calculate the BC on that rocket?
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Silly rabbit, there is no BC in outer space.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
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Silly rabbit, there is no BC in outer space. Dohhhh!
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022
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I'm sure they used Nosler Partitions, naturally. At least they were able to open the box!
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Silly rabbit, there is no BC in outer space. Sure there is…………it just doesn’t matter 😮
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What a waste of money! Everyone knows that anyone with a 6.5 Creedmore could have handled such a situation.
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