reassured? yes, in the case of this object, the nasa dart reassured? yes, in the case of this object, the nasa dart mission - reassured? yes, in the case of this object, the nasa dart mission is i object, the nasa dart mission is going to come and die amorphous, it s an asteroid moon going around a larger body and its about 160 metres wide, as we can see there, and if something like that were to hit earth it would cause regional damage, so over quite a wide area, something of a concern, so the mission is a half a tonne satellite which will smash into it around quarter past midnight tonight, into early tuesday, with the speed of an intercontinental ballistic missile. the asteroid is 5 million tones so you don t think half a tonne could move it but because it s travelling so fast it is expected to slightly alter its orbit and it takes about 12 hours to orbit around its larger body and, you know, may this impact will alter that they may be ten minutes. astronomers will be
years old. i know, he looked good. great for 90, yeah. next month, nasa will send a spacecraft into orbit that will intentionally crash into an asteroid moon. it s not usually a sentence that you want to hear with a crash in space. it s in the same of planetary defense. it is calls the d.a.r.t. submission. which stands for the double asteroid revolution test. with the notion of a near asteroid in space. the hope it can redirect comets near the planet that can cause major damage. good morning, and welcome to your new day. i m boris sanchez. and i m laura jarrett in for christi this saturday. boris, great to see you. great to see you as always, laura. a congress showdown, steve bannon saying he s going to defy