https://thenextweb.com/insider/2019/04/13/nasa-is-paying-spacex-69m-to-crash-a-rocket-into-an-asteroid/ > NASA today awarded SpaceX a $69 million contract to redirect an asteroid off its intended path. > The mission, called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), uses a technique known as a kinetic impactor. It involves sending one or more high-speed spacecraft into the path of an approaching near-earth object — in this case, an asteroid.