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arkham1010 t1_jajthiw wrote

Reply to comment by Starks in NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper

Apparently there were plans for a bigger DART, called the Longer Adjustment Wide Nacelle, or LAWN-DART for short. However it was found that too many children were injured during research into LAWN-DARTS so the program was scrapped.

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