Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid

A NASA spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph. It's the first save-the-world experiment of its kind to demonstrate that if a killer asteroid ever heads our way, we'll stand a fighting chance.

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