Spacepod
Spacepod
Carrie Nugent
197: A massive asteroid hit at tremendous speed with Prof. Richardson
27 minutes Posted May 22, 2022 at 4:00 pm.
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Professor Derek Richardson gives us an update on the DART mission, which is headed towards tiny asteroid moon Dimorphos. If all goes well this fall, DART will crash into Dimorphos at four miles per second! This experiment will be a test of asteroid deflection technology.