SpaceX is About To Launch FIRST Planetary Defense System!

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Currently human civilization has different kinds of defense systems in place for all the various threats that we might face here on Earth, ranging from fighter jets and armored vehicles to military robots and AI. But, what can we really do regarding threats that aren’t from here? How do we prepare ourselves to combat threats from space if the need arises?

In recent times, scientists have observed certain free-moving objects in space, and while many of these objects are far away and may never reach us, it’s imperative that we have some sort of defense system against them just in case. These objects that have been observed are called Near-Earth-Objects, and they include Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets

NASA has put forth a program to test out its defense methods called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test code name DART. DART will be NASA’s pioneer space probe aimed at testing the theory of redirecting an asteroid's course and orbit by direct impact with a spacecraft.

DART is a joint project between Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA and is being coordinated and developed under NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office. SpaceX will do the honors of launching NASA's DART spacecraft from the Vandenberg space launch complex in California, USA.