ESA's Don Quixote mission, A potential orbiter/impactor for NEO's |
ESA's Don Quixote mission, A potential orbiter/impactor for NEO's |
Aug 17 2011, 02:49 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
Just saw this reference as Apophis as a potential test target for the ESA Don Quixote NEA impactor mission.
Would testing this on Apophis actually increase the likelihood of debris impacting Earth? -------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Aug 17 2011, 01:49 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
Oh, I don't know, Doug - everyone likes a good mad-scientist-destroys-Earth horror story every now and again. Perhaps the CERN supercollider's black hole will swallow Earth before the Apophis debris hits us. That is, unless the apes take over first.
-------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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