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Posted: 9/26/2022 5:57:06 PM EDT
The DART vehicle is expected to crash into the asteroid Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos at 7:14 p.m. EDT, at a speed of about 15,000 mph, with the goal of altering the moonlet's current path. Coverage on NASA TV begins at 6 p.m.
 NASA Live: Official Stream of NASA TV https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2022/09/26/nasa-dart-crash-asteroid-planetary-defense-test/5171664226290/ |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:01:29 PM EDT
[#1]
ITS TIME!!!!!!!!
this is it. I knew it what I've been prepping for. breath holding and standing vertical jump. it all comes together now. I've slaughtered the livestock and chickans. my body is ready. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:02:04 PM EDT
[#2]
Well, knowing the current staff at NASA, what could go wrong?!?
 Prob alter the course to strike us in 7 years…. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:06:05 PM EDT
[#3]
I expect the deflection to put the astroid into a perfect collision course with planet Earth.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:07:45 PM EDT
[#4]
Since this is NASA, and if we all die from this...can we say that we died from diversity?
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:07:57 PM EDT
[#5]
Is it going drop Muslim outreach pamphlets?
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:12:30 PM EDT
[#6]
Being NASA, I'm expecting a dud...
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:16:52 PM EDT
[#7]
We shouldn’t play God
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:18:17 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Being NASA, I'm expecting a dud... Oh I don't know. Historically they've been known to blow things up rather spectacularly on occasion.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:19:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:20:28 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We shouldn’t play God How is this playing god? Practically speaking all we are doing is moving some rocks around. Also, possibly a dupe. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:20:57 PM EDT
[#11]
My inner conspiracy theorist is going CRAZY right now.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:22:26 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We shouldn’t play God 
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:25:58 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, knowing the current staff at NASA, what could go wrong?!? Prob alter the course to strike us in 7 years…. I'm thinking our bump puts it on a course to bump another which then bumps an earth killer into us. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:27:41 PM EDT
[#14]
They are practicing to drop it on us.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:28:43 PM EDT
[#15]
I'm not trying to sound like a smart person, because I'm not. But isn't this a math problem? "Can we alter the course of an asteroid if we impact it" sounds like a math problem.
Maybe they are testing their ability, not "is it theoretically possible" |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:29:59 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I expect the deflection to put the astroid into a perfect collision course with planet Earth. Biden screws up everything! |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:35:36 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We shouldn’t play God If your house catches on fire, will just lay in bed waiting to burn alive saying you can't play God? |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:36:15 PM EDT
[#18]
If I were an evil eccentric billionaire, I would create a system to steer a planet-killer sized asteroid or comet on a collision course with earth in not too many years… like 1 or two generations away. I wouldn’t tell anyone for like a decade.
That would FORCE people to set aside their differences and create a solution or be wiped from the earth forever. Crazy like a fox. That’d probably make a good Bond movie. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:41:32 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm not trying to sound like a smart person, because I'm not. But isn't this a math problem? "Can we alter the course of an asteroid if we impact it" sounds like a math problem. Maybe they are testing their ability, not "is it theoretically possible" So that leaves hitting the asteroid over a great distance at what speed did they say? Something like mach 20. Factoring that speed, distance, and the every increasing latency of communications, I'd say just that is probably the limits of their math. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:46:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm not trying to sound like a smart person, because I'm not. But isn't this a math problem? "Can we alter the course of an asteroid if we impact it" sounds like a math problem. Maybe they are testing their ability, not "is it theoretically possible" This is more of a "Can we do it" test than a theoretical experiment. BUT there's a ton to learn. Just putting a ton of kinetic energy into it wont do what they want. There's a bunch of other factors. Is they change the geometry of the asteroid, changing its center of gravity, mass moment of inertia, how it spins, etc.... What effects will it have? Its not nearly as simple as we think this thing weights 1,000,000lbs, we need x amount of force to push it 1 degree.... and that 1 degree will push its course millions of miles away since we hit it when it was so far from earth. Plus its orbiting the sun, I have no clue what type of orbit.... but its not just "going in a straight line" Also how will it change how it interacts with the other much larger asteroid right next to it. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:49:31 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We shouldn't play God What? |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:52:35 PM EDT
[#22]
Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 6:54:13 PM EDT
[#23]
Wait, the camera that will show the results with was made in Italy?
Hope no one connected with Ferrari had anything to do with it
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:04:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:06:52 PM EDT
[#25]
Don’t Look Up
Does this mean we can aim them now? |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:09:27 PM EDT
[#26]
Asteroid my ass this is the alien mothership and we are firing on it
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:09:35 PM EDT
[#27]
Bump to the top of the stack!
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:11:42 PM EDT
[#28]
3 minutes till impact
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:12:53 PM EDT
[#29]
Blonde appears to have a nice butt.
Oh crap it went to full screen. Never mind my previous comment.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:15:42 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We shouldn’t play God JFC |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:16:18 PM EDT
[#31]
Looks like they did it
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:17:08 PM EDT
[#32]
Now the butterfly effect begins
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:17:37 PM EDT
[#33]
I welcome our new planet ending asteroid. Thanks NASA.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:17:42 PM EDT
[#34]
OK, that was pretty cool self-guided artillery from Earth...
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:17:53 PM EDT
[#35]
Well.. they hit Joe Dirt's space turd.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:18:06 PM EDT
[#36]
Not gonna lie, that was pretty badass.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:18:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:18:59 PM EDT
[#38]
But what happened beyond getting some cool rock pictures?
Did the thing blow apart? Nothing? It's on it's way to hit us now? It's not hitting us now? |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:19:19 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: We shouldn’t play God God crashes satellites into asteroids to redirect them? |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:19:20 PM EDT
[#40]
Building public confidence using CGI, so when the planet killer comes the sheep stay calm until they “fail” just before impact. I like it.
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:24:46 PM EDT
[#41]
Does anyone know if the cute blond (Dr. Elena Adams) that was speaking from mission control have a Friends Only page?
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:26:01 PM EDT
[#42]
And still no images from the Italian monitoring camera...
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Posted: 9/26/2022 7:29:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/26/2022 8:47:04 PM EDT
[#44]
I’m sure that group of rocket scientists is extremely smart and all that but holy fuck are they annoying with their clapping and shit. Compare how disciplined and squared away the Apollo-era flight controllers were with that group.
Guess I shouldn’t be annoyed because they are going to save the planet. But I still am. And what the hell is that controller doing at -26:32 to impact? It looks like something out of an Airplane movie. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 8:49:18 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: And still no images from the Italian monitoring camera... I could be wrong but that is 3 hours behind.... also wondering how powerful the antenna is on that thing.... its the italian thing is tiny as hell. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 8:49:50 PM EDT
[#46]
Yeah, that was annoying...
The Italian camera was supposed to be off to one side of the pile of rubble, was launched from DART like 2 weeks ago. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 8:58:10 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m sure that group of rocket scientists is extremely smart and all that but holy fuck are they annoying with their clapping and shit. Compare how disciplined and squared away the Apollo-era flight controllers were with that group. Guess I shouldn’t be annoyed because they are going to save the planet. But I still am. One of the main reasons, when given the choice between space, fixed wing, and rotary in aerospace classes I didn't choose Space. There is a ton of dedicated time spent in these projects, and way too much time spent waiting and hoping. The Apollo program had humans aboard and they were fighting a tech war with the soviets. I may be wrong, but I dont think I see clapping and cheering during current manned flights. Those guys have worked thousands of hours to design test, etc that thing. Took several years to build... Had to put it on a rocket, hoping it didn't blow up, then had to sit and wait for 6+ months just to see if what they designed worked. Many in that room probably have spent the past 4-5 years of their lives dedicated to this. They deserve to have an open bar in there for celebration IMHO. Watching them celebrate made me happy and excited for them. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 9:05:21 PM EDT
[#48]
The DART witness camera was the first Italian satellite, was supposed to travel paralleled to DART after being released form DART 15 days ago.
Looks like another Ferrari pit stop to me... Nothing on the internet as of 8:00 pm cst. It's official name was LICIAcube project. About the size of a large box of spaghetti noodles. 
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Posted: 9/26/2022 9:09:59 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: One of the main reasons, when given the choice between space, fixed wing, and rotary in aerospace classes I didn't choose Space. There is a ton of dedicated time spent in these projects, and way too much time spent waiting and hoping. The Apollo program had humans aboard and they were fighting a tech war with the soviets. I may be wrong, but I dont think I see clapping and cheering during current manned flights. Those guys have worked thousands of hours to design test, etc that thing. Took several years to build... Had to put it on a rocket, hoping it didn't blow up, then had to sit and wait for 6+ months just to see if what they designed worked. Many in that room probably have spent the past 4-5 years of their lives dedicated to this. They deserve to have an open bar in there for celebration IMHO. Watching them celebrate made me happy and excited for them. Those are fair points and it is awesome to see technical expertise and Americans succeeding on that scale. Impressive. What annoyed me was the giggling as they were going through the final status checks. Guess I’m just getting old. |
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Posted: 9/26/2022 9:11:15 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I could be wrong but that is 3 hours behind.... also wondering how powerful the antenna is on that thing.... its the italian thing is tiny as hell. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: And still no images from the Italian monitoring camera... I could be wrong but that is 3 hours behind.... also wondering how powerful the antenna is on that thing.... its the italian thing is tiny as hell. I misread, 3 minutes.... not hours. There have been calibration photos from the Italian cube posted, but thats it so far. |
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