boem@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 11 months agoPlanetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarmnewsroom.ucla.eduexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13cross-posted to: space@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkPlanetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarmnewsroom.ucla.eduboem@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: space@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squaretal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoI have definitely read about fragmentation being a concern in deflecting asteroids a long time ago.
I have definitely read about fragmentation being a concern in deflecting asteroids a long time ago.