NASA launches its first mission to test asteroid deflection...

[DGUtley]

NASA launches its first mission to test asteroid deflection... The DART mission, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. ET from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

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If an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, can humanity be saved not with a bang, but with a nudge?

NASA is poised to investigate just that with a first-of-its-kind mission to deflect an asteroid by intentionally crashing a spacecraft into it. The mission offers a rare, real-world chance to test a planetary defense strategy that could protect Earth from a potentially catastrophic collision in the future.

The $325 million DART mission, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, launched Wednesday at 1:21 a.m. ET from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The spacecraft rode into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/science/spac...tm_source=digg

[Peter1469]

Yes. Deflecting it should work. Blowing it up would create many more smaller rocks to hit earth.