Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Step 1 in asteroid mission: Pick right space rock

This artist's illustration depicts a 'Plymouth Rock' asteroid mission with astronauts and NASA's Orion spacecraft as envisioned by Lockheed Martin.Any NASA mission that sends a crew of astronauts to visit an asteroid will be fraught with challenges and risks, but the first step for any such endeavor is to understand exactly which near-Earth objects may warrant a human visitation.


Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42234085/ns/technology_and_science-space/

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