Interesting article, but is there really a "secret" plan to land on an asteroid?
In 2000 the 40-metre-wide space-rock, called 2000SG344, was though to be on a direct collision course with earth. More recent measurements suggest it will miss the planet – bit only by a hair’s breadth in cosomological terms.
But now NASA bosses want to use the fly-past as a test bed for a voyage to Mars by landing a team of astronauts on the asteroid.
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via www.thelondonpaper.com on 5/7/08
NASA asteroid landing planWednesday, 07 May 2008NASA is hoping to land astronauts on a massive asteroid heading for earth at 28,000mph, it was revealed today.In 2000 the 40-metre-wide space-rock, called 2000SG344, was though to be on a direct collision course with earth. More recent measurements suggest it will miss the planet – bit only by a hair’s breadth in cosomological terms.
But now NASA bosses want to use the fly-past as a test bed for a voyage to Mars by landing a team of astronauts on the asteroid.
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