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Two small asteroids nearby

  • 09-09-2010 7:40pm
    #1
    Kidchameleon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Found this article thought provoking...

    http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/sep/HQ_M10-128_Asteroids_Pass_By.html


    The largest one is 65 feet in diameter, sounds pretty big to me. Would any of you know is this a regular occurance, ie. relativly small asteroid passes nearby? I ask because it seems to me we are missing golden opertunities here. How much would it cost to land a probe of some sort on one of these? All talk is about landing astronauts on a pretty distant asteroid, all while there's plenty in our immediate vicinity. There's allot of science to be had with these objects...

    Any thoughts?


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  • #2
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    The speed and size of these things would make them near impossible or practical to land on. Even then there is time to set up a mission.

    The ones they plan on sending missions to are far bigger and in stable orbits, much like sending a mission to the moon, there is plenty of time for planning and mission support.


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