BBCNEWS Newsday November 23, 2021 23:24:00
Science fiction, doesn't it — but how important is this mission? it does sound like science fiction, and i think that's why it's so cool. so this is humanity's first attempt to change or redirect the path of another object in its solar system. and it's very important — we have a lot of theories about how we might deflect an asteroid from crossing paths with our own planet, but so far these are just ideas. so the dart mission will provide the first actual testing of one of these theories. it's a to neck democrat technique that involves sending a spacecraft that really high speeds into anoth...
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