Recreating the mission to protect Earth from asteroid impacts
In short: In this episode, Scott Manley launches a mission to deploy the Sentinel asteroid survey spacecraft, a digital tribute to a real-world planetary defense initiative.
Following an upgrade to version 0.23.5 of Kerbal Space Program, which introduced asteroids to the game, the video follows a mission to launch the Sentinel survey spacecraft. This mission serves as a reference to the real-world Sentinel spacecraft, a project by the B612 Foundation designed to safeguard Earth from asteroid hazards.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Kerbal Space Program- Interstellar Quest - Episode 60 - The Sentinel Asteroid Survey Satellite
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