Since NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally slammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos on Sept. 26--altering its orbit by 33 minutes--the investigation team has been digging into the implications of how this planetary defense technique could be used in the future, if such a need should ever arise.
Since NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally slammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos on Sept. 26--altering its orbit by 33 minutes--the investigation team has been digging into the implications of how this planetary defense technique could be used in the future, if such a need should ever arise.
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