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China plans ambitious asteroid impact test, exceeding NASA's Dart mission

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China is planning its own planetary defense mission, aiming to directly alter an asteroid's orbit or even break it up. This mission, detailed in a new paper, is more ambitious than NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart). The Chinese spacecraft is slated to hit an asteroid at over 9 km/s, significantly faster than Dart's impact speed, with the test expected to occur in 2029 or 2030. AI

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China plans ambitious asteroid impact test, exceeding NASA's Dart mission

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Ling Xin ·

    China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test

    China’s first planetary defence mission appears to be far more ambitious than Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), according to a new paper outlining its plan to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid before 2030. Unlike Dart, a proof-of-concept that nudged one asteroid’s …

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