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Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm (newsroom.ucla.edu)
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Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm::A UCLA-led study of NASA’s DART mission determined that the strategy presents previously unanticipated risks.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Unanticipated? I'm sure I can pull out a very serious and scientific simulation that predicted this exact event from 1979. It's called Asteroids I think.