Rowenstin t1_ir0lywt wrote on October 4, 2022 at 1:58 PM Reply to comment by JagerBaBomb in After DART: Using the first full-scale test of a kinetic impactor to inform a future planetary defense mission by EricFromOuterSpace > Shouldn't this be a simple matter of physics, though? Like, wouldn't the mathematicians already have the answer? If it was a perfectly inelastic collision of two rigid bodies, it'd be child's play. In reality, it's neither. Permalink Parent 3
Rowenstin t1_ir0lywt wrote
Reply to comment by JagerBaBomb in After DART: Using the first full-scale test of a kinetic impactor to inform a future planetary defense mission by EricFromOuterSpace
> Shouldn't this be a simple matter of physics, though? Like, wouldn't the mathematicians already have the answer?
If it was a perfectly inelastic collision of two rigid bodies, it'd be child's play. In reality, it's neither.