Behind the Spacecraft: NASA's DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test

Behind the Spacecraft: NASA's DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test

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NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid� on purpose! Our #DARTmission is a first-of-its-kind #PlanetaryDefense test to change the motion of an asteroid in space so that we could use this technique if an asteroid were ever discovered to be a threat to Earth. Follow DART: www.nasa.gov/DART The DART mission is a test of a technique that could be used to mitigate the threat of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth should one be discovered in the future. DART's target is not a threat to Earth. While no known asteroid larger than 140 meters in size has a significant chance to hit Earth for the next 100 years, only about 40 percent of those asteroids have been found as of October 2021. Producer/Editor: Jessica Wilde Producer: Scott Bednar Videographers: James Lucas and Seth Robinson

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@CANYONDIABLO42 Says:
[[Planetary defense? NO THANKS!]] Planetary defense is NASA's obsession with protecting people from an asteroid impact. It is stereotypically claimed that asteroids are a danger to humanity or to the planet. However, it is written that without asteroids the earth would not exist at all. Every asteroid impact is something completely natural and therefore must not be disturbed by manipulative behavior from NASA. Any assumption that physical space travel would be a step forward is fundamentally wrong. It is sensible to stay on your planet and live with the asteroid impacts; after all, the asteroids are our fathers, mothers and Friends, not our Enemies.
@wearetheiam4720 Says:
Lol, final lady out of context sounds like she's throwing shade at the dinosaurs 😂.
@Aussienoobß Says:
These people are heroes
@DonatienKlemm Says:
The DART temptation is a disgrace.
@ArdyKyronGaming Says:
This DART mission of NASA on that Asteroid is really Good! It is nice for a first Mission ☄️
@rafaelalas7679 Says:
🧲💤 touching surfaces with one's palm,knuckle or tips of fingers as gliding as displaying may stabilize focus &comfort🧲💤
@ThatJay283 Says:
amazing. so how did the dart project provide so much power? what kind of explosion did it produce? was it nuclear? i wonder what kind of impact a h-bomb would have on the asteroid lol
@thizzfox Says:
Oooh I get it now. This is their cutesy pr stunt mission they dont really care about. So they let all the interns work on it
@thizzfox Says:
They insist on showing us every woman on their team as if we are supposed to believe its not 90% men doing all the hard work? Anyone who has ever worked a real job knows it's b.s.
@DailyDoseOfCCP Says:
Imagine dinosaurs are not ended by asteroid, they have the technology to stop asteroid like human, but they are ended because they nuke themselves just like what Putin is going to do 💀
@yellowguy1672 Says:
Asteroid: touch me If you wanna start a fight! Earth: "touches" Asteroid: you actually touched me... now I'm gonna touch you.
@keithharris1019 Says:
This is a truly remarkable initiative. NASA deserves much credit for the success of this mission.
@floydincg9443 Says:
They should have a bigger team than four.
@lmaoroflcopter Says:
Huge congratulations to you all!!! Absolutely amazing!!!!
@CrispyyFella Says:
IT IS GOING TODAY
@HolySweeger Says:
So cool
@mateusnicolinibezerra9757 Says:
An Italian camera will record the impact in Space? Hopefully it doesn't switch sides and joins the Asteroids 🤣
@Виталий-ь8м7в Says:
Это как- камнем по слону 🐘 (!) Он даже НЕ ПОЧУВСТВУЕТ (!!!)
@pukster101 Says:
We needed these guys in deep impact
@vergulli12 Says:
I sincerely hope that NASA has informed the Russian Government about this mission and the purpose of the rocket liftoff, so that there are no misunderstandings that would make any further research obsolete 🙏 🫣
@TheRewdy40 Says:
Wont work!
@uniqueX219 Says:
It looks like a hollywood science fictions movie but its real thats great
@DereksThoughts Says:
Getting revenge for the Dinosaurs
@filmsforsmartpeople3587 Says:
I will be elated if it works; however, to me it will be like flinging a penny at a huge boulder.
@bryanfrmnyc_3166 Says:
cool
@faikkonte5865 Says:
Guys... Did you informed Bruce Willis???
@762459 Says:
Just imagine all the cool and innovative stuff NASA could be churning out if they have the budget of the US military.
@spirtualism6692 Says:
IN ADDITION TO THESE CONTINENTS, THERE ARE MANY OTHER LANDS AND PLANETS. SUCH AS THE MOON, THE SUN, JUPITER, MARS AND SO ON, ADAMS HAVE INHABITED THESE PLANETS ALSO. SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. IN SOME INSTANCES BY STOPPING THE SUPPLY OF OXYGEN AND IN OTHER CASES BY THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE LAND. THERE IS STILL HUMAN LIFE ON MARS AND THERE IS A FIERY LIFE FORM INHABITING THE SUN OUR SCIENTISTS HAVE YET BEEN UNABLE TO REACH MARS WHEREAS THE INHABITANTS OF MARS HAVE VISITED THE EARTH ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND HAVE TAKEN PEOPLE BACK WITH THEM FOR EXPERIMENTATION. THEY ARE SCIENTIFICALLY MORE ADVANCED AND THEIR INVENTIONS ARE SUPERIOR TO OURS. EVEN IF OUR SATELLITES AND SCIENTISTS REACH MARS THEY WILL BE UNABLE TO ESCAPE ONCE THEY ARE CAPTURED BY THE MARTIANS. THERE WAS ONE ADAM WHO WAS ABUNDANTLY ENDOWED WITH KNOWLEDGE BY GOD. THE DESCENDANTS OF THIS ADAM ON THE BASIS OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO AND REACH THE REALM WHERE GOD COMMUNICATES WITH THE ANGELS AND GIVES THEM VARIOUS TASKS IN THE FORM OF COMMANDMENTS. IN OTHER WORDS WHATEVER COMMAND GOD GAVE TO THE ANGELS, THESE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO HEAR THEM. ONE DAY THE ANGELS SAID TO GOD, THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD STARTED TO INTERFERE WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THE ANGELS. FURTHER THAT WHEN THE ANGELS CAME DOWN INTO THE WORLD THESE PEOPLE WOULD ALREADY HAVE FOUND AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO THE TASK OF THE ANGELS. GOD THEN COMMANDED THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL TO GO AND TO TEST THESE PEOPLE. A TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY, WAS HERDING SOME SHEEP WHEN GABRIEL APPROACHED HIM AND SAID, “DO YOU POSSESS ANY KNOWLEDGE?” THE BOY REPLIED, “ASK ME?” GABRIEL THEN ASKED THE BOY TO TELL HIM WHERE GABRIEL WAS AT THAT TIME. THE BOY CLOSED HIS EYES AND THEN SAID THAT HE (GABRIEL) IS NOT IN THE SKIES. GABRIEL THEN ASKED, “WHERE IS HE?” THE BOY THEN SAID THAT HE (GABRIEL) IS NOT ON ANY LAND EITHER. GABRIEL ASKED, “THEN WHERE IS HE?” THE BOY OPENED HIS EYES AND SAID THAT “I HAVE LOOKED IN THE FOURTEEN REALMS AND HE IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, EITHER I AM GABRIEL OR YOU ARE GABRIEL.” THEN GOD SAID TO THE ANGELS THAT THIS NATION BE DESTROYED BY THE FLOODS. THE PEOPLE HEARD THIS COMMAND AND STARTED TO MAKE HOMES MADE OF METAL AND GLASS. THEN THIS NATION WAS DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE. AT THAT TIME, THE REGION WAS KNOWN AS KAALDA. IT IS NOW KNOWN AS GREECE. THOSE PEOPLE WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND NOW OUR SCIENTISTS WITH THEIR SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, ARE INTERFERING WITH GOD’S AFFAIRS. IN ORDER TO INSTILL FEAR INTO THEM, DISASTER ON A SMALL SCALE HAS BEEN INSTIGATED AND FOR THE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION AN ASTEROID HAS BEEN SENT TOWARDS THE EARTH WHICH IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE EARTH IN ABOUT TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND WHEN IT DOES, THAT WILL BE THE LAST DAY OF THE EARTH. A PART OF THAT ASTEROID HAS FALLEN ON JUPITER IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, EVEN THE SCIENTISTS ARE AWARE OF THIS. THEY ARE THEREFORE WISHING TO MOVE TO THE MOON OR SOME OTHER PLANET AND THERE HAVE EVEN BEEN PLOT BOOKINGS ON THE MOON FOR THIS PURPOSE WHEN THEY KNOW THAT LIFE CANNOT BE SUPPORTED ON THE MOON AS THERE IS NO OXYGEN, WATER OR VEGETATION. THEN WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ALL THE FRENZIED EFFORT? AS FAR AS RESEARCH IS CONCERNED, WHAT BENEFIT HAS HUMANITY DERIVED BY REACHING THE MOON OR JUPITER? HAS ANY MEDICINE OR PRESCRIPTION BEEN DISCOVERED TO FACILITATE IMMORTALITY OR HAS A “CURE” BEEN FOUND TO PREVENT DEATH? EVEN IF WE REACHED THE INHABITANTS OF MARS, THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR ATMOSPHERE AND THEIRS WOULD MAKE LIVING ON MARS VERY DIFFICULT. ALL THE MONEY THAT IS BEING SPENT IN THIS REGARD IS GOING TO WASTE AND IF THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA WERE TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON THE POOR, THEN EVERYBODY WOULD BE BETTER OFF. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS HAVE LED TO THE CREATION OF ATOMIC BOMBS (WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION), IN ORDER TO DESTROY ONE ANOTHER, WHEN THE WORLD WILL BE DESTROYED WITHOUT THE BOMBS ANYWAY.
@dANNEYFTW Says:
I like how NASA hired 4 women and 1 old guy to crash a vehicle in space.
@stehanraubenheimer4217 Says:
Sounds very interesting as I am also studying in the field of engineering. But, question: If the spacecraft is crashing into the asteroid, the purpose is to change its direction...Now if it is done, what are the chance that it might be wrongly directed towards earth? Maybe sending a hundred little asteroids towards earth? Maybe taking a 1000 years to hit? Hopefully NASA planned to deal with this too. 😉 If that is the case, seems like going to Mars might not be a bad idea after all? Thank you for sharing!
@daneichler4533 Says:
Deflecting it so it changes its flight to hit something else of importance ..like earth maybe ...
@paparaokondapally7179 Says:
Nice one
@thomasluallin3240 Says:
i look at didymos in 3d it missed earth the dart pushed the didymos
@e-ternell Says:
one day, a dictator will ask to use 1% of these people's energy to alleviate the suffering of every homeless person on earth, then it will simply be just and beautiful
@michaelarbach Says:
So.. We are shooting a 1200 pound, 4 foot square bullet (about 8 times faster than a bullet), at a 500ft ball of metal.... Gigity
@kennethnormanthompson2740 Says:
Pull the other leg - it's got bells on.
@Paradox079 Says:
Thats cool, Now put nukes in it
@tinaleanne8230 Says:
Hmmmmm . . . .Assuming it works (physics says it must) the little asteroid is deflected from its path which then encounters a larger one and through physical contact or gravity deflects it to an Earth trajectory. The butterfly effect. It is not possible to calculate all the permutations of doing this.
@janescarborough5427 Says:
Is it co-incidence that the impact day is in Rosh Hashana?
@teufelhunden3606 Says:
great they knock it off course and right into earth .
@santananicky Says:
Basically their re space galactic ranger …
@incognito8448 Says:
well.... the asteroid wasnt a threat until Nasa"s Dart spacecraft turned it straight towards us
@deutchesbrotistwunderbar Says:
Its a kamikaze mission in space
@thegreat9260 Says:
let's just take a moment to say Justina saro... sometimes is so hot 🥵🔥
@Real_pic Says:
The End of the World is near White house Corner.
@1jesucristomivida860 Says:
Arrebatamiento es lo que va suceder de aquellos que creyeron y aceptaron en sus vidas al único Dios y Salvador Jesucristo. salvar el planeta fuera de Dios ? Vivir como uno se le pega la gana ? Todo efecto tiene una causa y toda causa tiene su efecto Una propia app tan simple necesita pasar de vez en cuando por su creador, y todo tiene su copyright. y Esa es la condenación. Satanás quiso ser independiente sin tener necesidad de Dios y es justamente los que los líderes mundiales hacen... Si vivieran dependiendo de Dios no pasaría esto Aún así le digo que sus pactos de paz es mentira totalmente pues lo que pasa en el mundo es por causa de la maldad y el pecado pues sus mentes están corrompidas y traen la destrucción al mundo con sus maquinaciones deseos que de su Padre el diablo quieren hacer. Pues el mundo vive encontrá de la leyes puestas por Dios las cuales fueron las primeras establecidas antes que el hombre y el mundo existiera. Por lo tanto al igual que la autoridad de el ser humano las leyes te condenan si no obedeces cuanto no más Dios que fue el primero ? Antes que fuesen las suyas fueron las de Dios Romanos 3:5 Y si nuestra injusticia hace resaltar la justicia de Dios, ¿qué diremos? ¿Será injusto Dios que da castigo? (Hablo como hombre.) En ninguna manera; de otro modo, ¿cómo juzgaría Dios al mundo? En fin Cristo viene! Eclesiastés 11:9-12:8 Consejos para la juventud 9 Alégrate, joven, en tu juventud, y tome placer tu corazón en los días de tu adolescencia; y anda en los caminos de tu corazón y en la vista de tus ojos; pero sabe, que sobre todas estas cosas te juzgará Dios. 10 Quita, pues, de tu corazón el enojo, y aparta de tu carne el mal; porque la adolescencia y la juventud son vanidad. 12 Acuérdate de tu Creador en los días de tu juventud, antes que vengan los días malos, y lleguen los años de los cuales digas: No tengo en ellos contentamiento; Un saludo y que te valla bien. Pero sepas y entiendas que sin Dios no eres nada Eres una criatura con principio y fin y el Dueño de la vida se llama Jesucristo Y escrito está no quieres a Jesús ? No tienes vida Tienes a Jesús ? Tienes vida Punto y no más. El es el propietario de todo y si no pasas por la puerta que es el por tu altivez y tu sabiduría aprendida terrenal de nada te servirá. El que quiera salvar su vida fuera de Dios la perderá!!! Pero el que quiera la vida por quién puede darla llamada Jesús la hallará!!!
@yudygonzalez745 Says:
Done Wow 🤩 Thank you so much guys Love you guys
@claudioelgueda6020 Says:
funny how all the Einstein comments here suggesting better ideas then NASA's project itslef. stay in your lane!
@vicsar Says:
Go Planetary Defense!
@GHOST_BONE_ART Says:
Big Respect. Thanks🙏

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