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Potentially devastating asteroid. >> the purpose of crashing into the asteroid with the sole purpose of trying to throw it off its troajectory. joot launch. this spacex falcon 9 rocket is launching a space craft that could some day save the world. it may be the way to save the planet earth if there is ever and in bound asteroid. >> it sounds like a scene out of
Objects. today, they started the mission that could help us avoid a cataclysmic scenario. the mission is called the double asteroid redirection test. or dark. early this morning, they launched a space craft. that spacecraft is going to be on a ten month journey towards a binary asteroid. which is basically to asteroids which orbit a common center. 6 million miles away from earth where, luckily, they caused no danger to us. if all goes according to plan. the spacecraft will smash into the smaller of the two asteroids at 15,000 miles per hour. giving it enough of a nudge to kick it off course an...
Destination, a pair of asteroids. they've called it the dart, which starts for double asteroid redirection test. it's part of the planetary defense strategy testing one method of asteroid deflection technology. the plan is for the space craft to collide with an asteroid head on and deflect its path. nasa says the dart mission will help us prepare for an asteroid that one day could pose a threat to earth if one is discovered to be heading directly our way. >> that first test of planetary defense is on purpose.
How big? >> it's the size of texas, mr. president. >> charles: okay. we don't need to call in bruce willis just yet but nasa's motion echos the 1998 film armageddon. the agency launched a space craft aimed at redirecting the asteroid testing a technique that could be used to defend earth in the future. phil keating has more. >> charles, now we wait to see what happens. the asteroid smashing space craft is far away and far down the road. this could save humanity from a mass extinction event like the one that took out the dinosaurs. people in lo angeles could see the launch. the spacex falcon 9 ...
>> the billions of asteroids and comments that orbit our sun could hurt our planet. this right here she the burning meteor, a small chunk of asteroid that streamed into russia eight years ago damaging 7,000 buildings. gives you a context and perspective of what a large asteroid could do. a large asteroid a few hundred feet in diameter could cause delve administration on a regional level. if there was a direct hit over miami, new york, d.c., it could just take out the entirety of the population. this space craft should hit the asteroid in september, ten months from now. charles? >> charles: i'l...