SpaceX to fly its DART mission
CONTEXT:
- NASA announced that SpaceX will fly its Double Asteroid Redirection Test(DART) planetary-defense mission.
- The total launch cost for NASA is estimated to be about $69 million.
BACKGROUND
- DART – Double Asteroid Redirection Test.
- It is a planned space probe that will demonstrate the kinetic effects ofcrashing an impactor spacecraft into an asteroid moon for planetarydefense purposes.