NASA will crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to practice ‘planetary defense’
The whole thing will be live streamed on NASA TV.
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The whole thing will be live streamed on NASA TV.
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Don't sprinkle soy sauce and wasabi on it.
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They're about the size of a grain of sand.
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Oh well. More privacy-shattering tech.
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These things were huge!
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This shouldn't be taken as a licence to get infected on purpose.
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