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ESA's Don Quixote mission, A potential orbiter/impactor for NEO's
ilbasso
post Aug 17 2011, 02:49 AM
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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?


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post Aug 17 2011, 04:19 PM
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Has Don Quijote actually been selected for flight? ESA's website still lists it as a "concept". Even Wikipedia says it's in the "planning stages".

From what little I know about the British media, the Daily Mail is not the most rigourous at fact-checking.
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- ilbasso   ESA's Don Quixote mission   Aug 17 2011, 02:49 AM
- - nprev   Problem becomes non-linear rapidly absent better i...   Aug 17 2011, 02:53 AM
- - Explorer1   Plus it's years (even assuming the mission is ...   Aug 17 2011, 06:28 AM
- - djellison   QUOTE (ilbasso @ Aug 16 2011, 06:49 PM) W...   Aug 17 2011, 07:56 AM
- - ilbasso   Oh, I don't know, Doug - everyone likes a good...   Aug 17 2011, 01:49 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (ilbasso @ Aug 17 2011, 06:49 AM) e...   Aug 17 2011, 01:57 PM
- - Drkskywxlt   Has Don Quijote actually been selected for flight?...   Aug 17 2011, 04:19 PM
- - jasedm   I've come up against a brick wall in trying to...   Sep 3 2011, 06:38 PM

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