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[ad_1] NASA is preparing a meteorite protective measure for its Mars Sample Return spacecraft with the help of this gun. Spacecrafts are very advanced but highly sensitive vehicles which have to withstand the tremendous pressure of the vacuum in space. Although they are built to withstand the harsh conditions of outer space, they are still at a risk of being damaged by asteroids and meteorites. Even the smallest meteorite could damage the spacecraft enough to jeopardize the mission. NASA recently concluded its first planetary defense test to protect Earth against potential asteroid impacts. It seems like the space agency is planning the same strategy for its other spacecraft.NASA is currently testing a light-gas gun which hatter micrometeorite fragments and other space debris to prote...

[ad_1] NASA scientist has literally taken to the sky to track the meteorite that tore through Utah. Weeks after a fiery meteorite into Earth, a scientist from NASA has taken to the skies to track down the path of the meteorite. The meteorite had crashed in Utah. Peter Jenniskens boarded a KSL-TV chopper to look for a hole in the ground where the meteorite hit the earth. He said, “"We're literally looking for a hole in the ground, yeah, because the soil here is fairly soft and it looks like the rocks are just punching through." The empty hole that Jenniskens did discover shows no evidence of the rock, but the information will help Jenniskens in tracking the details as he said, “So, it does look like something was dug out here,...

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Genius NASA gun to protect Mars Sample Return spacecraft by shooting down meteorites

Touch the skies! NASA scientist hot in hunt for fiery meteorite that crashed to Earth