Hi Melanie and list, I thought about the same thing in regards to the ISS, it is traveling 27,000 mph in its oribit around the earth as well as space rocks! So could they capture one (meteor) with a fish net, or somthing! Come on Nasa employees, these are real questions!.lol
Dave Myers --- On Sat, 4/24/10, Melanie Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Melanie Matthews <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit > To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010, 4:20 AM > 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
