Two world-leading space agencies are teaming up on a mission that could help save the human race

A new mission by NASA and the ESA has all the qualities of a Hollywood thriller.

The space agencies are working on a plan to possibly stop a potential asteroid on a crash course to Earth in the future.

Produced by Lamar Salter. Original reporting by Jessica Orwig
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[MrJtknight]

Why don't they just launch a Space X rocket into the moon, instead of Space X launching rockets in space just to see them crash into the ground?