Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission will change the trajectory of the Dimorphos asteroid by sending a spacecraft to collide with it on Monday, Sept. 26. The best part is you will be able to watch as the spacecraft makes its way through space, approaches the asteroid, and then bangs into it. Go here for more info https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-watch-a-nasa-spacecraft-smash-into-an-asteroid-live/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Thanks for the link. This was very exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Right in the 10 ring. To me the most amazing thing was watching it go from a barely discernable point of light, to seeing the larger asteroid, to seeing the pinpoint of the smaller one, to being able to discern pebbles just before impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Pretty darn cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 A smashing success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 I have a question. Why does NASA, the premier advanced technological organization in the universe (as far as we know) have such a terrible TV channel? Just hideous. I frequently try to watch programs on NASA and bulk of them are really horrible. They appear to be using cameras left over from the Apollo program. And now that we’ve intentionally rammed onto some innocent alien’s Recreational Vehicl we may be in for it! If he even noticed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 10 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: I have a question. Why does NASA, the premier advanced technological organization in the universe (as far as we know) have such a terrible TV channel? Just hideous. I frequently try to watch programs on NASA and bulk of them are really horrible. They appear to be using cameras left over from the Apollo program. And now that we’ve intentionally rammed onto some innocent alien’s Recreational Vehicl we may be in for it! If he even noticed it. I watched on the NASA YouTube channel and it was pretty darned clear. I want NASA to get people who can give better commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 23 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I watched on the NASA YouTube channel and it was pretty darned clear. I want NASA to get people who can give better commentary. I should have gone to Yousetube. Didn’t think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Sedalia Dave said: A smashing success One heck of a Long Range side match. 5.6 million miles! 10-month (edited) flight time. Talk about having to calculate Coriolus Effect! Quite a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Do you think this is public practice for something they’ve been keeping secret? Kind of hard to do a big test like this in complete secrecy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Do you think this is public practice for something they’ve been keeping secret? Kind of hard to do a big test like this in complete secrecy. Let's hope not ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Dusty Devil Dale said: Let's hope not ! Yes, absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Weird! Just found this. https://m.republicworld.com/technology-news/science/killer-asteroid-approaching-earth-in-2022-asteroid-hitting-earth.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Weird! Just found this. https://m.republicworld.com/technology-news/science/killer-asteroid-approaching-earth-in-2022-asteroid-hitting-earth.html I get all my news from India. Well most o& it anyway. Well just the beef futures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Dimorphian News Headline: Major 9.8 asteroid-quake rocks Dimorphus. Believed due to UFO Impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 7 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: I get all my news from India. Well most o& it anyway. Well just the beef futures. Do you honestly think the US news would report that NASA says we are to be struck with an asteroid? No. The Indians are dialed in and they report the real news. They also have a secret moon base where they will be able to strike any incoming threat, provided they can get the Nazi base to cooperate. You see, the Nazis established a base on the dark side of the moon shortly after 1945. Many aren’t aware of this. It’s in a documentary that you can find right on Netflix or Amazon Prime called “Iron Sky”. The Indians and the Nazis have been feuding over some things and if they could settle their differences they could work together to take out that asteroid. The US new won’t tell us these things, but they know all about it. See, this is what happens when you forget the little roll eyes guy in prior posts… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 In the best voices of the Blues Brothers... Elwood - Lunar Nazis? Jake - I hate Lunar Nazis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 All faked on a soundstage in Area 51. Which, of course, does not exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 This asteroid was 560 feet long I don’t know how deep or high it was but it seems to me that would have burned up upon entry in our atmosphere. I guess the idea is to do tests on the fairly smaller ones.??? The question I have was this big enough to do damage or would it have burned up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: This asteroid was 560 feet long I don’t know how deep or high it was but it seems to me that would have burned up upon entry in our atmosphere. I guess the idea is to do tests on the fairly smaller ones.??? The question I have was this big enough to do damage or would it have burned up? The idea isn't to break it up but to ever so slightly change the orbit. A tiny change in velocity or direction over millions of miles and many months generates an enormous change in where it will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: The idea isn't to break it up but to ever so slightly change the orbit. A tiny change in velocity or direction over millions of miles and many months generates an enormous change in where it will be. Yea I get that but it still doesn’t answer my question, would it have burned up if it entered our atmosphere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Yea I get that but it still doesn’t answer my question, would it have burned up if it entered our atmosphere? According to this https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/47754/minimum-size-of-an-asteroid-to-actually-impact-earth#:~:text=As mentioned in NotAstronaut's answer,burn up in the atmosphere. my guess is that anything bigger than 25 or 30 meters will impact the Earth. Look at the satellites that haven't burned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 21 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: This asteroid was 560 feet long I don’t know how deep or high it was but it seems to me that would have burned up upon entry in our atmosphere. I guess the idea is to do tests on the fairly smaller ones.??? The question I have was this big enough to do damage or would it have burned up? The one that exploded over Russia in 2013 was about 60 feet long. One that's 560 feet long would probably leave a mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: The one that exploded over Russia in 2013 was about 60 feet long. One that's 560 feet long would probably leave a mark. 11 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: According to this https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/47754/minimum-size-of-an-asteroid-to-actually-impact-earth#:~:text=As mentioned in NotAstronaut's answer,burn up in the atmosphere. my guess is that anything bigger than 25 or 30 meters will impact the Earth. Look at the satellites that haven't burned up. 4 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: The one that exploded over Russia in 2013 was about 60 feet long. One that's 560 feet long would probably leave a mark. That answers my question guys! Thanks. Apparently a 560 foot asteroid is a killer!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 I just read that the one that created Meteor Crater in Arizona was only 160 feet across. So there's your basis for comparison! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Of course you guys in Australia need to worry too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 23 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Of course you guys in Australia need to worry too... Equal and opposite forces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 17 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: The idea isn't to break it up but to ever so slightly change the orbit. A tiny change in velocity or direction over millions of miles and many months generates an enormous change in where it will be. So…This may explain what is happening to my bullets at the range. Tiny little satellites whacking my bullets as they approach the bullseyes… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Tiny little satellites whacking my bullets as they approach the bullseyes I don't think dust is your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 4:53 PM, Subdeacon Joe said: To me the most amazing thing was watching it go from a barely discernable point of light, to seeing the larger asteroid, to seeing the pinpoint of the smaller one, to being able to discern pebbles just before impact. I was wondering why the golf ball seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. And then it hit me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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