In a world first, NASA’s DART mission is about to smash into an asteroid. What will we learn?

<https://theconversation.com/in-a-world-first-nasas-dart-mission-is-about-to-smash-into-an-asteroid-what-will-we-learn-189391>

"On September 26 at 11.15pm UTC, NASA’s DART mission (Double Asteroid
Redirection Test) will be the first to deliberately and measurably change the
motion of a significant body in our Solar System. In other words, it will smash
into an asteroid.

The mission will provide the first test of a technique that could be used in
the future – to redirect any asteroids we detect on a collision course with
Earth."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics