Dart Mission Success Means Nasa Really Could Save Earth From Asteroids
The mission’s goal was first to successfully hit the asteroid, which we know was a smashing success due to the live feed of the collision. The second measure of success was determining whether the kinetic impact actually caused the asteroid to move. On Tuesday, we found out it did. In a media briefing, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said triumphantly: “And so today, NASA confirms that DART successfully changed the target asteroid’s trajectory....