NASA is preparing to test the long-awaited planetary defense system. The purpose of this system is to protect our planet by deflecting stray meteors from space.
A stray from outer space ends the dinosaurs meteorite had brought. A giant crater was formed by the impact of the impact, and the events following the impact caused the extinction of giant creatures. There are plans to prevent people from experiencing a similar fate.
One of these plans is NASA’s DARTS Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission. This project, which looks like it came out of science fiction movies, in September will be tested. For this purpose “will be shot“The asteroid has also been detected.
Aim, ready, fire!
Wanting to make sure the DART task will run when needed NASAFor this purpose, it will make the first test on the meteorite called Dimorphos. This meteorite, according to the statement from NASA “It contains no threat to Earth.“We even see this phrase in almost all of NASA’s marketing products.
In fact, the word Double, which is denoted by the letter D in the name of DART, is not something added just for the name of the system dart. system at the same time two vehicles is firing. This is how meteors are deflected, thanks to this two-tool system. Actually, on the first try dimorphos and next to it Didymos meteorite will hit. These two asteroids form a binary system. Thus, the system will be tested with different targets.
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The crash, according to NASA officials faster than 23,000 kilometers per hour will be. On the other hand, in this collision, do not think of the movie Armageddon, the celestial body will not disappear, only its direction will change. Measurements with ground telescopes will show how successful the process is. According to NASA researchers, this study will also provide important data for systems to be developed in the future.