NASA Asteroid Mission

NASA Asteroid Mission

Proposals are being considered at NASA for a mission to an asteroid to study asteroid composition and movements. A NASA feasibility study showed that such an asteroid mission is possible with the new vehicles NASA is developing for a... [more]

Proposals are being considered at NASA for a mission to an asteroid to study asteroid composition and movements. A NASA feasibility study showed that such an asteroid mission is possible with the new vehicles NASA is developing for a trip to the moon.

New Scientist - As the US government ponders a strategy to deal with threatening asteroids, a dramatic explosion over Indonesia has underscored how blind we still are to hurtling space rocks.On 8 October an asteroid detonated high in the atmosphere above South Sulawesi, Indonesia, releasing about as much energy as 50,000 tons of TNT, according to a NASA estimate. That's about three times more powerful than the atomic bomb that leveled...  
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