- NASA’s DART spaceship on Monday struck the asteroid Dimorphos.
- It is supposed to make a close pass of the site to capture images after the collision of what’s known as the ejecta, the rock and debris thrown off the asteroid in the impact.
- There would appear to be few alternatives available should such a rock be Earth-bound, with deflecting its course just enough to make it miss the planet being the most likely means of defense, and one already explored by Hollywood in films like “Armageddon.”
NASA’s DART spacecraft crashes into asteroid in planetary defense test 27.09.2022
