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@stephenrafter89 Yes, we will show images of asteroid Dimorphos as they return to Earth from the DRACO instrument aboard DART up until impact. In this case, loss of signal at that point will be a good indicator that all went according to plan! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 24, 2022

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@ALSANDIOUFSPACE The impactor is about the size and mass of a vending machine (plus some long solar panels), and the asteroid is the size of a football stadium. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 24, 2022

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@MushtakWasiti We're not out to play cosmic billiards. The target asteroid, Dimorphos, is a tiny moon orbiting larger asteroid Didymous. Since we're crashing a spacecraft the size of a vending machine into a stadium-size asteroid, there isn't enough force to knock Dimorphos into Didymous. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 24, 2022