Stuart Talbott: DART Strikes Electric Asteroid | Thunderbolts
NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission was a test of asteroid deflection and demonstration of kinetic impactor technology—impacting an asteroid to adjust its speed and path. In September 2022, a 1,300 pound impactor spacecraft struck the asteroid Dimorphos at approximately 14,000 mph. The after effects observed were completely unexpected,…






