ESA's Hera Will View Asteroid Scars from DART's Strike

(spectrum.ieee.org)

63 points | by rbanffy 8 hours ago ago

7 comments

  • comandillos an hour ago

    Quite impressive this spacecraft will really orbit around a binary asteroid system using a camera-based autonomous navigation system

  • shevy-java 3 hours ago

    ESA must defend against Trump-NASA. Recently the USA threatened Europeans again if they "prevent" entry of US-Starlink and other AI slop spam working for Putin. The USA has become a security risk not only for Ukrainians but all Europans under agent Krasnov.

    • philipallstar 3 hours ago

      What on earth do you mean?

      • bigyabai 2 hours ago

        Starshield is being abused to endanger European interests.

  • Heronsunny 5 hours ago

    Spent time doing shape modeling from flyby imagery and the thing I'm most curious about is whether they get good enough lighting geometry on the crater rim.

    • malfist 3 hours ago

      I am absolutely positive someone thought about illumination of the subject before they spent 356 million euros on the project.

      • rbanffy an hour ago

        It's not a flyby, so I assume there will be multiple opportunities for photography under varied lighting conditions.