I've legitimately seen people crying about this being a waste of money. The same ones who cry about every dollar spent on space exploration. The "Durrr... Wat bout problams down here?" crowd.
Apparently acquiring the ability to save the planet from destruction and the human race from possible extinction is still not worth it to them.
Biogorilla t1_irz2hh7 wrote
Reply to NASA says DART mission succeeded in altering asteroid's trajectory by Gari_305
I've legitimately seen people crying about this being a waste of money. The same ones who cry about every dollar spent on space exploration. The "Durrr... Wat bout problams down here?" crowd.
Apparently acquiring the ability to save the planet from destruction and the human race from possible extinction is still not worth it to them.