Sosok.ID – Space objects sometimes pose a threat to Earth unpredictable.
Including asteroid which could result in destruction in the event of a collision.
Asteroid may pose a threat to Earth if its arrival is not detected immediately.
Therefore, NASA or the United States Aeronautics and Space Administration has a project known as Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).
In the project the spacecraft will be collided into asteroid so that it crumbles before reaching Earth.
NASA’s DART spacecraft will destroy the asteroid by crashing into it.
When colliding with an asteroid, the impact energy will be equivalent to three tons of TNT explosion, thousands of debris will be scattered in space.
Quote from Sciencetimes, reports the MIT Technology Review, NASA intends to intentionally destroy a spacecraft with an asteroid in a dress rehearsal to save Earth from a potential asteroid threat.
The integration of the spacecraft was almost perfected by the Engineers, bringing it one step closer to launch.
DART is likely to launch in November 2021, as quoted by Republic World.
After one year of transit, the plane will reach its target, which is Dimorphos.
Dimorphos is asteroid the size of the stadium that surrounds asteroid much larger one that Didymos was known for.
The mission of the DART spacecraft, which is the size of a car and weighs about 3 tons, will crash asteroid at 4 miles per second (6.5 km/s).
When according to plan, orbit Dimorphos for 12 hours around Didymos will change every minute.
In the MIT study, Tom Statler who is a scientist from the headquarters NASA in Washington, DC explained that they wanted to avoid a truly devastating natural disaster.
Scientists have conducted a significant study of what to expect from this change in Dimorphos’ trajectory.
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