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just a hollywood imagination, citizen in the 1998 movie, armageddon. it s what we call a global killer. nothing would survive. not even bacteria. reporter: asteroids are very real threats, and having the means to deflect them is a vital interest to everyone on planet earth. if we could confirm that the thing was deflected by less than 1 degree, we know that this would, in principle, work on a large scale. reporter: the last time a deadly asteroid hit earth was around 65 million years ago. you can bet that if the dinosaurs had nasa, they would have deflected that asteroid. what a moment. reporter: monday s test hopes to prevent that from ever happening again. should all earthlings sleep a little easier tonight? i definitely think that, as far as we can tell, our first planetary defense test was a success and i think we can clap to that, everyone. so right? so, yeah, yeah, i think that earthlings should sleep better.
absolutely. i think that there are enough asteroids out there and we are getting better at being able to determine where they are and what orbit, that trajectory and what path they are on and whether or not that s a threat to the planet earth. whereas armageddon went to an asteroid and did all those fake movie things landed on it which is not possible to do. the idea is the same. if it s on a straight or a trajectory that s going to pass close to earth, can we do something to push it a little bit out of the way? so, you know, in theory, this is a pretty good thing to try to do, but like anything nasa does it s dangerous, difficult and costs dollars. steve: absolutely. so people be tuned in tonight 7:15. real quickly, what is the worst case scenario if an asteroid does hit earth other than we remember when one did and that caused the extinction of the