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Manned Asteroid Mission, Using Constellation hardware for a human Near-Earth Object
Floyd
post Nov 16 2006, 06:45 PM
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NASA is appraising a human mission to a near-Earth asteroid—gauging the scientific merit of the endeavor while testing out spacecraft gear, as well as mastering techniques that could prove useful if a space rock ever took aim for our planet. Space.com


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- Floyd   Manned Asteroid Mission   Nov 16 2006, 06:45 PM
- - Myran   Yes I noted it at Space.com also, and went to look...   Nov 17 2006, 12:37 AM
- - nprev   What would really be interesting is a mission to a...   Nov 17 2006, 05:38 AM
- - edstrick   Meteoritics 101 reminder. There are about 5 main ...   Nov 17 2006, 11:05 AM
- - nprev   Thanks, Ed...great primer! Under category 6,...   Nov 17 2006, 03:18 PM
- - MizarKey   And also those miles long craft making the rings o...   Nov 17 2006, 04:32 PM
- - lyford   Well, couldn't you really add some S-IVB's...   Nov 17 2006, 04:52 PM
- - tty   There definitely are quite a few bits and pieces o...   Nov 17 2006, 07:48 PM
- - algorimancer   A manned mission to Ceres would be particularly in...   Nov 17 2006, 08:19 PM

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