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 Dec 22 2007, 05:52 PM
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This could take place before the Moon-landings: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace...ecbccdrcrd.html
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Jan 19 2008, 10:57 PM
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(Crazy thought) Emplace a thruster on the asteroid’s surface to slow and eventually stop its rotation prior to building your observatory. Might not take that long if the asteroid was small enough, and you had a nuclear reactor chugging away for ten years.
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Jan 20 2008, 12:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 402 Joined: 5-January 07 From: Manchester England Member No.: 1563 |
That makes sense, although I not sure I see it happening. What I was wondering was since we may well do orion missions to asteroids anyway, what experiments could be piggybacked easily on a manned mission, and what experiments would it make sense to send?
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PhilCo126 Manned Orion mission to an asteroid... Dec 22 2007, 05:52 PM
GregM It's a great idea, and worthy of pursuing.
[P... Dec 23 2007, 04:45 AM Stu That has to be the most ungainly, unbalanced, ugly... Dec 23 2007, 10:00 AM dvandorn Actually, depending on the time frame, it doesn... Dec 23 2007, 05:07 PM
lyford QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 23 2007, 09:07 AM) ... Dec 23 2007, 06:21 PM ElkGroveDan I like Doug's module idea. But I have a differ... Dec 23 2007, 05:26 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 23 2007, 12:26 P... Dec 23 2007, 06:22 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Dec 23 2007, 10:22... Dec 24 2007, 01:43 AM nprev Definitely agree that the astronauts for this woul... Dec 24 2007, 01:57 AM ElkGroveDan Don't forget Falcon 9 in these what-if scenari... Dec 24 2007, 02:08 AM nprev Not to mention fairing diameters, loads, vibes, et... Dec 24 2007, 02:37 AM elakdawalla I just have to add the totally unconstructive comm... Dec 24 2007, 04:09 AM nprev ...well, I'm sure that Orion will get at least... Dec 24 2007, 04:16 AM ilbasso The ISS modules are developed, but one thing that ... Dec 24 2007, 03:46 PM David QUOTE (ilbasso @ Dec 24 2007, 03:46 PM) I... Dec 24 2007, 04:06 PM Stu QUOTE (David @ Dec 24 2007, 04:06 PM) Oh ... Dec 24 2007, 04:43 PM marsbug Depending on the forthcoming US election results t... Jan 19 2008, 04:51 PM nprev I'd bet that the astronauts would remain tethe... Dec 24 2007, 03:53 PM rogelio Most asteroid rotation periods are in the neighbor... Jan 19 2008, 10:05 PM marsbug I'd not considered that asteroids have their o... Jan 19 2008, 10:28 PM David QUOTE (rogelio @ Jan 19 2008, 10:57 PM) (... Jan 20 2008, 11:41 PM Phil Stooke The most obvious science to do on the asteroid wou... Jan 21 2008, 12:28 AM ilbasso Just build the observatory out in deep space - you... Jan 21 2008, 02:09 AM |
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