Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
Source: AP
By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.
The galactic slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles (11.3 million kilometers) away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the space rock at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). Scientists expected the impact to carve out a crater, hurl streams of rocks and dirt into space and, most importantly, alter the asteroid’s orbit.
“We have impact!” Mission Control’s Elena Adams announced, jumping up and down and thrusting her arms skyward.
Telescopes around the world and in space aimed at the same point in the sky to capture the spectacle. Though the impact was immediately obvious — Dart’s radio signal abruptly ceased — it will take as long as a couple of months to determine how much the asteroid’s path was changed.
In this image made from a NASA livestream, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft crashes into an asteroid on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (ASI/NASA via AP)
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This is what I'm waiting for - fingers crossed!!! 
For a known crisis. Instead of just pretending it won't happen in our lifetime, or planning to make money off it. Or even actively dismantling preparations previously established like with TFG and COVID.
It's about time. We should have done this before shootting billionaires into outer space, but you can't have everything. Too bad they brought the billionaires back to earth though.