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

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

RANK_REASON The item describes a planned scientific mission and its technical specifications, detailed in a peer-reviewed paper. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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