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Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm (newsroom.ucla.edu)

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Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm::A UCLA-led study of NASA’s DART mission determined that the strategy presents previously unanticipated risks.

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[–] freecandy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well you would need the vector to predict that not just the speed (which they likely have, didn't see it in the article), but pretty cool nonetheless