NASA's Bold Move: Smacking a Spacecraft into an Asteroid for Million-Dollar Mission
NASA’s latest mission is truly out of this world. In a bold and unprecedented move, the space agency plans to launch a spacecraft directly into an asteroid, deliberately smacking into it and causing it to shift in its orbit. The goal? To test our ability to deflect potentially hazardous asteroids from colliding with Earth. But with such a high-stakes and high-cost operation, many are left wondering: will this risky maneuver pay off and prove to be a million-dollar idea, or will it be a cosmic flop?
source: Phys.org