Welcome to Ramin’s Space, the newsletter from WIRED space writer Ramin Skibba. You can read more about the newsletter here. If you like it, please consider subscribing and sharing this post. How Do You Best Smash an Asteroid? Nearly one year ago, NASA flung the DART spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour. It was a test to see whether one could deflect a space rock’s trajectory using a high-speed collision. Could this technique actually work to protect Earth from future killer asteroids? And if not, what else could save us? I explored a bunch of “planetary defense” ideas in this new piece.
How to smash an asteroid, and other stories
How to smash an asteroid, and other stories
How to smash an asteroid, and other stories
Welcome to Ramin’s Space, the newsletter from WIRED space writer Ramin Skibba. You can read more about the newsletter here. If you like it, please consider subscribing and sharing this post. How Do You Best Smash an Asteroid? Nearly one year ago, NASA flung the DART spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour. It was a test to see whether one could deflect a space rock’s trajectory using a high-speed collision. Could this technique actually work to protect Earth from future killer asteroids? And if not, what else could save us? I explored a bunch of “planetary defense” ideas in this new piece.