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Casper200806211 karma

How can this system be scaled up? Imagine a 500m asteroid that is going to hit the earth, is there any current launch vehicle that would be able to launch the redirect system for such a big asteroid on a short notice? How long before impact would you need to be notified of the asteroid to be able to successfully redirect it? What is the maximum diameter the asteroid can have that we would be able to redirect with current technology?

Casper20080643 karma

This isn’t really on topic of DART, but how hyped are y’all for JWST? Am really looking forward to seeing it launch and hopefully gain us a lot of knowledge on our universe!

Casper2008061 karma

Are there any other paths of planetary defense that are worth investigating in case DART fails?