Elon Musk: "Avenge the Dinosaurs" tweet on NASA's DART...!

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The mission aims to prevent giant asteroids from wiping out life on Earth forever.


NASA missions to destroy an asteroid with a spacecraft. The experimental mission aims to prevent giant asteroids from wiping out life on Earth forever. 


Although it may seem like a science fiction story, the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission is a reality. The spacecraft was launched on a SpaceX rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The mission aims to make a small change in the orbit of the Moonlet asteroid Dimorphos, which is about 525 feet wide. This asteroid orbits the smaller asteroid Didymus (2,500 feet in diameter). This asteroid pair orbits the

But NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination

Scientists estimate that asteroids larger than 460 feet fall to Earth only once every 20,000 years. 


Asteroids larger than six miles are estimated to hit Earth once every 100-200 million years. One such asteroid struck the Earth 66 million years ago, causing the extinction of most species.

Elon Musk's comment over DART to revenge the asteroids is gaining momentum on