We can send an half-elephant-sized probe there, fine, but have you ever thought about how tiny these asteroids are, and how far away they are? Sending an half-elephant-sized probe there is like hitting an arrow into the bullseye at a couple kilometers distance. 😯
Image: Didymos and Dimorphos seen by DART
Image credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL via ESA “Space in Images” at https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images
