Asteroid Fire Impacts Earth Water

"Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method (smash into it) of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs)." — random internet source, parenthetical added.

Was?

Maybe just as well if it was a one-off, considering how well the government works, which is not well at all.

Asteroid Fire Impacts Earth Water

image and animation by Annmarie Throckmorton, copyright 2023