by B. R. GOWANI
on Monday September 26, 2022, NASA crashed a rocket …
asteroid Dimorphos, a moonlet of asteroid Didymos, was hit by DART
(DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test)
neither Dimorphos nor Didymos posed any threat to our world
Lori Glaze, NASA’s Planetary Science Division director, effusively blared
“We’re embarking on a new era of humankind, an era in which we potentially have the capability to protect ourselves from something like a dangerous, hazardous asteroid impact.” “What an amazing thing. We’ve never had that capability before.”
so the excitement is to possess the “capability” to destroy an asteroid
the destruction cost was more than $300 million – that is $330 million
“NASA and SpaceX thinks that’s a small price to pay” for testing out a technology that may someday save the world.”
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was used for this wasteful project
of course, both NASA and Musk benefited at tax payers’ expense
NASA’s website says:
“As a part of NASA’s overall planetary defense strategy, DART’s impact with the asteroid Dimorphos demonstrates a viable mitigation technique for protecting the planet from an Earth-bound asteroid or comet, if one were discovered.
“At its core, DART represents an unprecedented success for planetary defense, but it is also a mission of unity with a real benefit for all humanity,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “As NASA studies the cosmos and our home planet, we’re also working to protect that home, and this international collaboration turned science fiction into science fact, demonstrating one way to protect Earth.”
it’s sheer bunkum – the immediate threat to our planet is posed by nukes
the Doomsday Clock is set at 100 seconds to midnight by BAS in Jan. 2020
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists didn’t change it in March 2020
BAS should now change 100 seconds to much less after Putin’s speech
If the territorial integrity of our nation is threatened, we will certainly use all the means [that, of course, includes nuclear weapons] that we have to defend Russia and our people.
this is similar to US threat: “all options are on the table” – including nukes
(BAS is critical of Russia but doesn’t write anything on US provocations)
in reality …
nuclear weapons are more an imminent threat to our planet
the United States has the power to initiate destruction of all nukes
if it wants to:
the US could take the matter to the United Nations
but the war industry is huge business
NASA’s next project should be to send DART-like missions to destroy nukes
the targets should be: the US nuclear weapons within and without the US
then they could target nukes of the remaining 8 countries
that would really save our world from this massive idiocy
asteroids have done harm to our earth in the past
and, so …
after achieving the above goal,
NASA could go after asteroids, comets, etc.
the enemy & danger within our world has to be taken care of first …
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com