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Title: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
Post by: Two Skies on April 20, 2012, 05:41:06 PM

I saw this and felt the need to share with the group here.

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/asteroid-takeout---a-one-billionaire-mission-to-bring-a-500-ton-asteroid-to-high-earth-orbit-by-2025.ars (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/asteroid-takeout---a-one-billionaire-mission-to-bring-a-500-ton-asteroid-to-high-earth-orbit-by-2025.ars)

Title: Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
Post by: VirginiaJim on April 20, 2012, 08:20:40 PM

No good can come from this..

Title: Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
Post by: gPink on April 21, 2012, 07:08:44 AM

Agreed. Do you trust a government agency to get this right?

Title: Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
Post by: VirginiaJim on April 21, 2012, 09:45:43 AM

I can see it now in the newspaper.....'All life destroyed when 500 ton asteroid hits Earth'.

Title: Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
Post by: gPink on April 21, 2012, 09:53:52 AM

Quote from: VirginiaJim on April 21, 2012, 09:45:43 AM

I can see it now in the newspaper.....'All life destroyed when 500 ton asteroid hits Earth'.

and...' FEMA slow to respond. Congressional hearings not expected.'

Title: Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
Post by: VirginiaJim on April 21, 2012, 04:47:02 PM

 :rotflmao:

Title: Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
Post by: GPz1100 on April 22, 2012, 08:45:48 PM

and of course the job goes to the lowest bidder...

Title: Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
Post by: Two Skies on April 25, 2012, 04:38:41 AM

Followup on this story:

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/good-morning-everyone-im-chris-lewicki-and-im-an-asteroid-miner---planetary-resources-announces-aste.ars (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/good-morning-everyone-im-chris-lewicki-and-im-an-asteroid-miner---planetary-resources-announces-aste.ars)

It'll be interesting to see how this develops.  Corporations in space... the stuff of sci-fi, one step closer to reality?