NASA should really let these threatening space rocks follow through on something for once.
In an incredible advancement for space defense technology and the safe future of our planet, NASA has successfully diverted the path of an asteroid. The asteroid, Dimorphus, wasn’t actually headed towards Earth, but NASAdivert the thing. Turns out it could, and it did.
This is an absolutely great development for all of the hardworking astronauts and space nerds at NASA and those humans still interested in “surviving” on this planet. But, I gotta say, I am tired of hearing about asteroids creeping a little too close to us and never hitting. If a big space rock is hurtling itself toward our blue marble, who are we to interrupt it? In the words of the immortal John Lennon: Let it be.
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