NASA's DART Mission: Asteroid Defense
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•How to Kill An Asteroid by science journalist Robin Andrews
57% Informative
In September 2022 , a NASA spacecraft crashed into a city-killer-sized asteroid to slightly nudge it off its orbital course and test kinetic impact as a means of planetary defense.
The book leans into the sci-fi fantasy aspect of the mission, detailing all the cool science while delivering drama, humor, and a great group of characters.
Andrews: "You couldn’t make it up how dramatic it wasâthey only had one shot to do this" He hopes the book will convince younger readers that science is cool.
Andrews: There’s a time for popular science to really get into the nitty gritty of the science.
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