How will NASA distinguish the DART asteroid impact mission and the DART autonomous rendezvous satellite?I ask that because both have the same abbreviation.
Quote from: ZachS09 on 01/21/2017 02:15 amHow will NASA distinguish the DART asteroid impact mission and the DART autonomous rendezvous satellite?I ask that because both have the same abbreviation.They operate a space station. You think this is going to be a problem?
It's not going to be funded anymore, so there's no point in talking launch vehicles.
While current law directs the development of the DART mission, DART is not identified as a specific budget item in the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
I do not know if this is the proper place but...NASA posted an animation of Didymos from the Lowell Observatory (Sorry, I could not figure out how to load the animation) but what really caught my attention were 3 other objects in the video. I am fascinated, not just that their images were accidently captured, but that one is travelling in the opposite direction. I am trying to locate more info, any assistance would be appreciated.https://www.nasa.gov/feature/dart-team-confirms-orbit-of-targeted-asteroid
I am not referring to the streaks. As I stated before, I do not know how to post a gif on this site, yet. if you go to the NASA site I linked, and click on the animation you will see 4 moving dots: Didymos (circled) moving right to left, 2 moving roughly from the top towards the bottom, and 1 moving left to right. edit: maybe this...http://www2.lowell.edu/users/nmosko/20220707_LDT.gif
I've watched the gif over a dozen times now. I do not see anything moving left to right or from the top towards the bottom. The only thing I see moving like Didymos is Didymos, moving right to left.
Quote from: whitelancer64 on 08/28/2022 07:06 pmI've watched the gif over a dozen times now. I do not see anything moving left to right or from the top towards the bottom. The only thing I see moving like Didymos is Didymos, moving right to left. Here are the ones I could see. It had to load the gif into Gimp and jump between frames to find them. I added lines to show the general direction of movement.