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Administrator bill nelson agrees it sounds like a scene out of the movie "armageddon." but instead of destroying a killer astroid with a bomb like bruce willis, nasas d.a.r.t. mission, short for the double astroid redirection test, is using something called kinetic deflection, that is a scientific way of saying that this d.a.r.t. spacecraft is on a kamikaze mission to try to push it off course. >> if it is successful, then if we had a real inbound killer astroid, we could do that with it and it ...

Save the world. >> you bin stead of destroying a killing a asteroid, the dart mission, short for the double asteroid redirection test is using something called kinetic de pleks, a scientist way of saying that dart space cast is on a kamikaze mission to smash into a asteroid and push it off course. >> if it is successful, then if we had a real inbound killer asteroid, we could do that with it and it would miss us. >> it will take the dart spacecraft ten months to reach the target. the dittymoss a...

Pictures from a nasa mission which has just launched pictures from a nasa mission which hasjust launched in pictures from a nasa mission which has just launched in the last couple of minutes, this is the double asteroid redirection test which will take place over the next year. this subsequent spacecraft will then try to nudge the asteroid in space to see whether it can do that. have we ever done anything like this before, doctor? . , ., , ., doctor? recently, we actually landed a craft on the �...

It stands for double astroid redirection test. so a nice acronym. nasa does like acronyms. d.a.r.t. is another one. it has one purpose, thats to crash into an astroid and try to redirect it or move it into a different orbit. >> these astroids are not a threat to the earth. they are not a danger to the earth. they are not on a path to hit the earth in the foreseeable future. that makes them an appropriate target. >> traveling at a speed of 6.6 kilometers per second, d.a.r.t. will deliberately try...

"arma "armageddon." >> the united states government just asked us to save the world. anybody want to say "no"? >> reporter: an asteroid threatens earth. the military, astronauts, even oil rig drillers try to save mankind. some cities dont make it, but in the end, the planet survives. a hollywood ending, which nasa is hoping to make a reality, with its first planetary defense test mission. scientists say they have identified the kilometer-wide asteroids like those shown in the blockbusters and th...

Okay, it sounds like the plot of a hollywood disaster movie, a comet is hurling towards earth and nasa needs to deflect it or it will destroy the planet. okay, thats a movie, thats a clip from "deep impact." and there are no asteroids currently threatening earth, not like that. nasa is concerned, however, that its preparing for a worst-case scenario. next month, in fact, a spacecraft will be launched to ram into an asteroids moon to see if it can actually change its trajectory. its called the do...

A really important part is finding all of the asteroids and tracking where they are. >> i was just picturing the meeting. i got it, dart, double asteroid redirection test. >> instead of it crashing into us, lets crash into it. >> we crash into it. >> payday. >> nasa, if youre hiring -- >> uh-huh. >> we begin a new hour of msnbc right now. first up on msnbc, texas is near total abortion ban back in place, days after a federal judge hit the pause button on the nations strict es law. congresswoma...