And we have CONTACT...

[brooklynite]

NASA's DART probe has impacted on the Dimorphos asteroid.



(last image before impact)

[MuseRider]

1. Excuse me but

that was fucking awesome!

[blm]

9. Lololol

[C_U_L8R]

2. Let the interplanetary billiard game begin!

(Kidding, it’s awesome)

[grumpyduck]

3. Unbelievable.

And we had a ringside seat!

Congrats to all of them!

[brooklynite]

4. There's someone from the.....(dramatic music).....SPACE FORCE in the control room.

[Native]

19. I completely missed that.

[hauckeye]

5. That was WAY cool....

[bmbmd]

6. Not gonna lie.

I stood up, tears in my eyes, and yelled at the top of my voice. Thanks, NASA.

[Simeon Salus]

7. Amazing job.

Just like threading a needle,

but at 20,000 kph and from 11 million kilometers away.

Congratulations to the entire team.

[edbermac]

8. I hope it didn't land on anybody.

[grantcart]

20. Did you notice the figure in the middle looks like this guy?

[dameatball]

29. Sort of. I thought he looked like the old Muppet that sat in the balcony.

[TomSlick]

10. Was the test successful?

Hitting Dimorphos was a major accomplishment but did the impact change the orbit?

[Wounded Bear]

11. Won't know for a while...

it'll take some time to determine if Dimorphous actually changes direction by a small amount.

Days, at least, maybe longer.

[TomSlick]

13. That makes sense. As I understand it, the goal was to cause a minor orbit change.

Thanks.

[panader0]

16. I had a weird thought-- what if the rocket hit it bit off and Dimorphus started toward the earth?

[bahboo]

17. death by irony....

[Probatim]

23. republicans would be safe - they're irony deficient.

[ancianita]

27. ...this exchange...

[reACTIONary]

22. Couldn't happen. The space craft is too small for that.

And the rock it hit is in orbit around the larger rock, so it would have to be knocked out of orbit also.

[justhanginon]

12. Just a nudge so it will take a bit to measure if it has changed its orbit.

[TomSlick]

14. Thanks.

[malthaussen]

15. I have to chuckle at the concept of "successfully crashed..."

... but they sure would have looked inept if they had missed. Now we wait for them to grind the numbers and see if it had a measurable effect on the orbit.

-- Mal

[ancianita]

28. That's their idea, practice out there so they can better do it again if an asteroid threatens Earth.

[2naSalit]

18. Whew!

Didn't see anybody jumping up and down, waving so I guess it's all good!

I missed the live event somehow.

[SergeStorms]

26. They should have sent a second missile....

filled with Fox Noise hosts like Tucker, Laura, and Sean to cover the crash. Then they could have crashed that missile into it for "on-the-spot" coverage.
I always think of these things after it's too late. 😞

[Joinfortmill]

21. Wow!

[orangecrush]

24. Where's the kaboom?

Very cool!

[Wounded Bear]

32. In space, nobody can hear you scream...

or kaboom, either.

[orangecrush]

33. ...

[SergeStorms]

25. They should have...

pushed it into hurricane Ian.

If Trump were still president he would do it. Causing an extinction sized event on the planet would be right up his alley.

[Cheezoholic]

30. I probaly put enough quarters in the Asteroids video game 45 years ago to pay for that mission

[I_UndergroundPanther]

31. I remember asteroids

Miss that game,space inavaders too,galaxia,too many to list but they were great. Miss arcades too.

[former9thward]

34. First picture released of the contact.

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https://www.space.com/dart-asteroid-crash-first-photos-liciacube?utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9