NASA successfully crashes DART spacecraft into asteroid

NASA successfully crashed its DART spacecraft into an asteroid in hopes of altering the space rock's trajectory. Scientists hope to be able to use a similar strategy to protect Earth from future incoming asteroids. CBS News' John Dickerson speaks with Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute, about the historic implications of this unprecedented test.

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[Kamikaze]

It ain’t no asteroid gonna destroy Earth, humans will take care of that long before an asteroid gets its chance.

[SeeLight]

Awesome job, Very Magical, even when it is all science and technology. 🤩

[mackenzielamb]

NASA, If you can't hit a football field with a refrigerator, you're a horrible shot.

[-Darko-]

This is awesome. This is a huge achievement for global protection.

[playboi]

Something tells me...it's gonna backfire

[mikedaflexta]

Earth! Earth! Earth baby! Humanity Rocks!

[ikateok]

NASA successfully crashes DART spacecraft into an inoffensive asteroid
The asteroid: i'll change my route to the earth... homie

[paulforester]

Watch, after hitting this asteroid, they send it crashing into the earth.

[randal_gibbons]

Wonderful achievement.
Congratulations NASA.

[link]

Wow I now have some hope for humanity XD

[SethTraplifeGLO]

Where is the second angle shot they said they had

[shellygarmonstewart]

Yet your title claims it was hit? Well was jt ? Or the lie makers just can't tell wich lie to script yet ?

[FinalSmashDogra]

The fact they’re testing something like this should be worrisome. Something big is coming and they’re trying to prepare

[mpindigeorgewilliam]

Chief astronomer now my head is spinning...Too much physics

[MrTrashcan]

It is amazing what people will believe.

[deangeneral]

OK Where is the “REAL” footage🙄🙄 I don’t want to see CGI🤔

[heathercurry]

Soooo, did it move the trajectory any? Or was it just a fun demolition experiment?

[stifledvoice]

Great job crashing and all, but how long to observe before we know if the asteroid's trajectory was actually affected?

[dash_dash]

Just to clarify, the asteroid we hit is the satellite of a larger asteroid that doesn't come closer than 4 million miles in its orbit around the Earth. It's nearly impossible to knock the satellite out of orbit completely. Our goal is to slow down the orbit by 10-15 minutes. The satellite will continue to be gravitationally bound to the larger asteroid

[davomccranko]

Gotta wonder about knock on effects though, eh..