bookers555 t1_jaqhylb wrote
Reply to comment by GuyD427 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
Yes, but launching a nuke on top of a satellite would be way more complex and expensive, plus you'd be violating a few treaties.
Not to mention you dont want to screw around the kind of asteroid that wouldnt just get obliterated by the nuke. The point was analyzing how much of an effect a kinetic impactor would have on an asteroid.
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