NASA creates DART project to protect Earth from US asteroid collision

As if that were not enough with the pandemic of coronavirus in the world now the NASA announces possible asteroid collision targeting Earth. For this reason, the project is already underway DART who seeks to protect the planet.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) warned of potentially dangerous asteroids that could target Earth so with the creation of the project DART to be tested in 2022, a way is being found to redirect them.

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“DART is a first step in testing methods for the diversion of dangerous asteroids,” said Andrea Reyli, one of the executives for the DART program at the NASA.

He also stated that, “Potentially dangerous asteroids are a global concern, and we are excited to work with our Italian and European colleagues to collect the most accurate data possible from this kinetic impact deflection demonstration,”

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What is the ‘DART’ project and what will it do?

With a name very similar to Dark, the series of the moment on Netflix, DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test and will serve as its name implies to redirect the path of a small moon in the binary system Didymos, which is the size of an Egyptian pyramid.

DART It will be tested in 2022 with an asteroid known as Didymos, which is not considered a threat to the planet. The NASA With this new project, it will seek to redirect any large rock that threatens to hit Earth.

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