Anyone else watching the DART mission tonight?
It's like PHD2 chasing its guide star  |
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Well that was pretty impressive ... I would call that a bullseye |
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Pretty incredible....
Target is 160m across, orbiting 1km from Didymos with a period of 12 hours. It's in pretty fast motion. Aim at it with a satellite at 22500 km/h. Amazing feat.
Even better it may prove that we can redirect objects on a collision course with Earth.
NASA should be commended for their skill.
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Spectacular! It did indeed look like PHD but with thruster bursts instead of mount movements!
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Yes, I stayed up last night. It was worth it  Very impressive.
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if you missed it live you can watch the recording here
DART's impact with asteriod Dimorphos
Cheers
Gernot
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That was interesting indeed for a first attempt at such a mission. Not quite the "Armageddon" approach but similar.
On another note, the wife and I were on the patio Sunday night and saw a whole string of starlink poop streaming
across the sky from the west. Could not count them, they were in sets of 2 and 3 with probably 40 or 50 total.
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On another note, the wife and I were on the patio Sunday night and saw a whole string of starlink poop streaming
across the sky from the west. Could not count them, they were in sets of 2 and 3 with probably 40 or 50 total.
It won't be long before we're saying, "remember the good old days when you could look up and see *only* 40 or 50 satellites at one time".......
Scott
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