It may sound like the plot of a Hollywood movie, but NASA will intentionally crash into an asteroid on Monday to test its ability to save Earth from a hypothetical future disaster.
Pictured is an illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube satellite before DART crashes into the Dimorphos asteroid.NASA will intentionally crash into an asteroid on Monday to test its ability to save Earth from a hypothetical future disaster. It may sound like the plot of a Hollywood movie, but humanity'swill be an opportunity to redirect a real-life asteroid that does not pose a threat to the planet.
The budgeted mission cost is $313 million, with a launch cost of $69 million for the Falcon 9 vehicle, according to aFor now, there is no immediate need for planetary defense – no known asteroid poses significant risk of impact with Earth in the next 100 years, according to NASA.
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