Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
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Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
by
Two Skies
on 20 Apr, 2012 17:41
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
Reply #1
by
VirginiaJim
on 20 Apr, 2012 20:20
No good can come from this..
Reply #2
by
gPink
on 21 Apr, 2012 07:08
Agreed. Do you trust a government agency to get this right?
Reply #3
by
VirginiaJim
on 21 Apr, 2012 09:45
I can see it now in the newspaper.....'All life destroyed when 500 ton asteroid hits Earth'.
Reply #4
by
gPink
on 21 Apr, 2012 09:53
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.'
Reply #5
by
VirginiaJim
on 21 Apr, 2012 16:47
Reply #6
by
GPz1100
on 22 Apr, 2012 20:45
and of course the job goes to the lowest bidder...
Reply #7
by
Two Skies
on 25 Apr, 2012 04:38
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
It'll be interesting to see how this develops. Corporations in space... the stuff of sci-fi, one step closer to reality?
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