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Cool Stuff Daily

Fri. 09/23 - Asteroid SMASH

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Why is NASA slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday and what will we be able to see of the collision? Plus, a new low-cost, no-lab-required COVID-19 antibody test that could set the stage for more personalized vaccination plans. And a new drill rap duo, made up of old white British men. Sponsors: Indeed, Get a free $75 credit PLUS earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed’s Virtual Interviews at Indeed.com/goodnews Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at shopify.com/cool Links: NASA is ready to knock an asteroid off course with its DART spacecraft (New Scientist)  NASA's DART mission will put on an asteroid-smashing show next week (Space.com) Last year's coverage of DART's launch (Cool Stuff Ride Home) Artemis Cryogenic Demonstration Test Concludes, All Objectives Met (NASA) Artemis: Nasa's Moon rocket completes fuelling test (BBC)  Elon Says Starship Megarocket Could Perform First Orbital Flight in November (Gizmodo) A quick test kit to determine a person's immunity against COVID-19 and its variants (ScienceDaily) Why Omicron Might Stick Around (NY Times) It’s Time for Northern Boy Autumn (Vulture) The Northern Boys - Party Time (Sindhu World, YouTube) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:28.3

22 i'm jackson bird today why is nassas slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid on monday

0:36.6

and what will we be able to see of the collision?

0:39.8

Plus, a new low-cost, no-lab required COVID-19 antibody test that could set the stage for more

0:47.4

personalized vaccination plans, and a new drill-wrap duo made up of old white British men.

0:55.8

Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

1:00.7

Well, this is your reminder that on Monday evening, NASA will be live streaming their first ever time

1:07.7

knocking a spacecraft into an asteroid on purpose. Now, just to be clear, while NASA

1:14.1

TV will be live with commentary and probably talking heads and all that, the visuals will have of

1:20.5

the asteroid smash will be a series of photos. More on that in a minute. But first, why is NASA doing this? I went into a bit of detail

1:29.9

last September ahead of the launch of the double asteroid redirection test, or DART. But since

1:36.4

that was a full year ago, and some details have changed in the 10 months that the craft has been

1:41.5

floating through space, I figured it was time for an update ahead of the big day.

1:46.6

So even though the space agency is intentionally hitting the asteroid, the objective isn't to

1:52.6

blow it to smithereens. That's the old method for averting asteroid impacts with Earth,

1:58.6

blow them up into pieces small enough to be burnt up by the Earth's

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