https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ACZFtTadTk

DART is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid. DART will be the first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the motion of an asteroid in space. This asteroid system is a perfect testing ground to see if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course, should an Earth-threatening asteroid be discovered in the future.

 

Our host, Tony Darnell, will talk about the DART mission with these experts:

Dipak Srinivasan, APL Civil Space 

Andy Rivkin, DART Investigation Team Lead

Lena Adams, DART Mission Systems Engineer

 

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