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WHO’S ROOTING FOR THE ASTEROID?

Via The NY Post

NASA spacecraft set to intentionally crash into an asteroid to help save Earth

NASA will use a spacecraft later this month to test a planetary-defense method that could one day save Earth.

The Double Asteroid Redirect Test spacecraft, otherwise known as DART, will be used as a battering ram to crash into an asteroid not far from Earth on Sept. 26. The mission is an international collaboration to protect the globe from future asteroid impacts.

“While the asteroid poses no threat to Earth, this is the world’s first test of the kinetic impact technique, using a spacecraft to deflect an asteroid for planetary defense,” NASA said Thursday.

In November 2021, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched with DART from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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One Asteroid Heading Towards Earth Has Enough Precious Metal To Make Every Person Alive A Billionaire

Via ZeroHedge

Wondering about that gold flash crash at the Globex open on Sunday night? Maybe this has something to do with it.

NASA has officially launched a mission to study an asteroid with more than $10,000 quadrillion worth of precious metals on it. The asteroid is literally so “rich” that it would make everyone on Earth a billionaire if its haul was divided equally, according to The Independent.

The asteroid is named Psyche 16 and it was first noticed all the way back in March of 1852. It’s 124 miles wide and is set to be the “primary focus” of NASA’s mission, which will take place in August 2022.

NASA’s spacecraft would arrive at the asteroid in early 2026, according to the report.

“Unlike most other asteroids that are rocky or icy bodies, scientists think the M-type (metallic) asteroid 16 Psyche is comprised mostly of metallic iron and nickel similar to Earth,” NASA said.

Image of the proposed NASA Mission to Psyche 16 (The Independent)

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“God Of Chaos” Asteroid Will Get Closer Than Orbiting Satellites In 2029, Researchers Warn Impact Would Be “Devastating For All Life”

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It may be 10 years away, but NASA is already preparing for the arrival of what is being called the “God of Chaos” asteroid, which is slated to skim past the earth in 10 years, according to Express. The asteroid has been named 99942 Apophis.

The asteroid is gargantuan, measuring 340 meters across, and will come within 19,000 miles of the earth’s surface. It’s one of the largest asteroids to ever pass so close to the earth and a collision with it could be “devastating for all life on earth”. No word on whether or not it’ll wipe out all student debt, however. 

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Asteroid Coming for Halloween

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One of the closest flybys of an object will take place appropriately on Halloween. We don’t have to hide under the bed or run out and stockpile water and food, nor will it hit the Earth and rid us of politicians. So the end is not here. Historically, if it is a comet, in ancient times it will be an Omen or a major change in politics. That much may be appropriate.

The object 2015 TB145 wasn’t discovered until October 10th, so obviously we do not have a lot of warning if it were to hit. Nevertheless, this flyby may be a very interesting event. It’s going to come within 1.3 lunar distances of the Earth, and it measures some 1,300 feet in diameter. That suggests NASA at least will be able to get some very good photographs. If we can see it with the naked eye, that would be really something and more akin to an ancient omen.