Avenge the dinosaurs with asteroid defence mission: SpaceX chief Elon Musk tells NASA

Elon Musk said that NASA's asteroid defence mission will avenge the wipeout of dinosaurs from the face of Earth. 

New Delhi: Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday said that NASA`s asteroid defence mission will avenge the wipeout of dinosaurs from the face of Earth. NASA on Wednesday launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, intended to deliberately crash into an asteroid.

The DART mission lifted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket developed by Musk`s space venture SpaceX. Asteroids that have been hitting the Earth for billions of years are believed to be a reason behind the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

"Avenge the dinosaurs!!" Musk said in a tweet.