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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, that's a movie, that's a clip from "deep impact." and there are no asteroids currently threatening earth, not like that. nasa is concerned, however, that it's preparing for a worst-case scenario. next month, in fact, a spacecraft will be launched to ram into an asteroid's moon to see if it can actually change its trajectory. it's called the double redirection test or d.a.r.t. for short. here to help us understand all of this because it ...

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, let's crash into it. >> we crash into it. >> payday. >> nasa, if you're 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 nation's strict es law. congresswoman -- slammed the appeals court ruling last hour. >> this law clearly violates roe v. wade and it'...