Jupiter announces it will crash a spacecraft into Earth as part of ongoing testing

JASA, Jupiter’s area authority, has despatched out a press alert asserting that will probably be crashing a spacecraft right into a small rock formation generally generally known as ‘Earth’, with reside photos anticipated by lunchtime tomorrow. The train is a part of an experimental program designed to check whether or not asteroids and small planets may be diverted from their course.

A spokesperson for JASA mentioned the side-project was developed as a part of its internship program. “It’s only a little bit of enjoyable actually. The crash will probably be live-streamed – we’re hoping to get some good photographs of the rock earlier than we destroy it, which we’ll then ship round to media. We predict this will probably be a giant story over the following 8-12 hours, earlier than individuals transfer onto one thing else”.

JASA say they selected ‘Earth’ as a result of there wasn’t any proof of clever life. “From what we are able to inform it’s within the technique of self destructing anyway, so we figured this could be a superb object to do our checks on earlier than we transfer onto extra essential initiatives”.

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