In which I throw things at an asteroid.
NASA's going to throw a DART at an asteroid... an impactor probe, to be exact, in the first practical test of a system to deflect asteroids from a potential collision with Earth. And they also asked Kerbal Space Program players to try it for themselves, so... More info on the NASA DART challenge, and the real-life DART mission, here: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/205463-nasa-dart-challenge/ Footage edited from Twitch streams November 8-10, 2021. Kerbal Space Program by SQUAD, Private Division and Take Two Interactive Background music by Kevin MacLeod www.incompetech.com Twitch channel: https://twitch.tv/redneckgaijin Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/KrisOverstreet Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/krisoverstreet Support White Lightning Productions https://www.wlpcomics.com/shop/ http://wlpshirts.com/ 0:00 Introduction - The Challenge 0:21 Building the thing 1:05 SpaceX Can Do Two Things At Once, I Can't 3:35 Final Approach 4:40 Trying an Alternate Approach 6:47 Throwing Realism Out the Window
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