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Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
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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
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Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
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April 20, 2012, 08:20:40 PM »
No good can come from this..
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Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
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April 21, 2012, 07:08:44 AM »
Agreed. Do you trust a government agency to get this right?
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I can see it now in the newspaper.....'All life destroyed when 500 ton asteroid hits Earth'.
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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.'
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April 22, 2012, 08:45:48 PM »
and of course the job goes to the lowest bidder...
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Re: Proposed mission to park a 500 ton asteroid in earth orbit by 2025
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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
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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