Well.. not only that - even in inside a spacecraft we are susceptible to deadly cosmic rays and can't stay very long out there beyond the protection of Earth's magnetic field,, which is why I mentioned using machines to retrieve them.
----------- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get! ----- Original Message ---- From: Warren Sansoucie <[email protected]> To: METEORITE LIST <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, April 23, 2010 9:30:08 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit LOL! We can't even get ourselves into orbit without help from another country. Warren Sansoucie ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:20:17 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit > > I wonder if it would possible to send some machines to the asteroid belt to > capture some whole asteroids and bring them to Earth? Or would they be > drifting too quickly in their orbits to capture with the current technology? > Also would decent-sized samples from such captures be available to collectors? > > ----------- > Melanie > IMCA: 2975 > eBay: metmel2775 > Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 > > Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what > you're gonna get! > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
