CAST considers landing mission on Apophis in 2029 |
CAST considers landing mission on Apophis in 2029 |
 Nov 13 2014, 05:15 AM
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http://tech.sina.com.cn/d/2014-11-10/doc-i...vx4508331.shtml
In Chinese, so I just translate a few key points: Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) and CAST is now developing digging+analysing robots used on asteroid exploration. PI: Ji Jianghui (who has been the PI of CE2 flyby to Toutatis). Apophis is on the candidate list, among with a C-type NEO (my educated guess: 1996 FG3). The news noted that the whole thing is still "conceptional", but they usually won't say a word unless they have been seriously working on it... Still 15 years away, but absolutely something great to expect! Will certainly keep an eye on it. |
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Yeh CAST considers landing mission on Apophis in 2029 Nov 13 2014, 05:15 AM
Explorer1 Seeing earthrises from an asteroid's perspecti... Nov 13 2014, 05:49 AM
mcgyver QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Nov 13 2014, 06:49 AM)... Dec 24 2014, 04:45 PM Paolo what would be really interesting to see is the res... Dec 24 2014, 04:58 PM  |
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