Smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid.

[Sybertiger]

Well, that's cool. Sure hope that it didn't just knock it into a collision path with earth. Or, it might be bad if it was an alien ship disguised as an asteroid. Two bad things that could be?

NASA’s DART spacecraft slams into asteroid to knock it off its path

NASA's DART spacecraft has successfully collided with an asteroid as part of a test to prepare the Earth for defensive measures against possible threats in the future.

www.foxnews.com

 

[TonyR]

At least we didn't have to endanger the lives of Robert Duvall, Bruce Willis or Ben Affleck !

 

[sebastiantombs]

It may seem like a waste of money and a dumb idea right now, but someday it might not be seen exactly that way. Remember what happened to the dinosaurs.

 

[TonyR]

It may seem like a waste of money and a dumb idea right now, but someday it might not be seen exactly that way. Remember what happened to the dinosaurs.

Must have not been THAT bad.....we wound up with a bunch of Jurrasic Park movies, right?
I call 'em the "Big Lizard Eats People" movies

 

[Sybertiger]

It's good we are actively working on this. I'd rather spend money on projects like this than "human infrastructure".

 

[erichic]

Don't Look Up....

 

[Gargoile]

It's good we are actively working on this. I'd rather spend money on projects like this than "human infrastructure".

Next will be funding to see what the gender of an asteroid is, as it assimilates as a space shuttle.

 

[Mike A.]

Well, I'm not cleaning up that mess.