China Planning to Smash Asteroid in Planetary Defense Test (futurism.com)

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Best of luck to them. They're targeting a smaller asteroid than DART did, do it'll be a little harder to hit, but the outcome should be more dramatic. Can't wait to see the pictures!

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