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CAST considers landing mission on Apophis in 2029
Yeh
post 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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post Nov 13 2014, 05:49 AM
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Seeing earthrises from an asteroid's perspective during a flyby? Now that would be impressive!
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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
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