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ThrowawaysROKYea t1_j0k799n wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in NASA's DART asteroid smash flung 2 million pounds of rock into space by shellystarzz

I was mostly curious if it would detonate like a bomb or if it'd just pass thought like Armour Piercing, it's funny to think of literally a dart just leaving a 1m diameter hole behind a massive asteroid and it doing nothing else. Thanks for the interesting comment :)

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Senacharim t1_j0l1eq9 wrote

What we need is a hollow-point tungsten arrow to shoot at asteroids.

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ThrowawaysROKYea t1_j0laokn wrote

Well I said tungsten because it's the 'strongest' metal we have but if going for hollowpoints probably the best idea would be APFSDS segmented with Aluminium spacers so it can shatter inside the asteroid dispersing more energy.

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Occams_ElectricRazor t1_j0l4of4 wrote

They should have done this with Don't Look Up. "Don't worry, we have a backup plan...Oh...That didn't work either."

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ThrowawaysROKYea t1_j0l8yxy wrote

It wouldve been great but instead everyone just gives up. A bit dull

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