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From: Warren Sansoucie
To: METEORITE LIST
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
Hi Melanie.
The short answer to your first question is yes, it could be done and with
today's technology. The manner it could be done would be the same as the
deflection techniques that have been suggested for NEOs found to be on an
impacting trajectory. Unfortunately, while an NEO only needs
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: miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Capturing
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: miss_meteor...@yahoo.ca
To: meteorite-list
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:20:17 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
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
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
The problem with Von Neuman machines, are Von Neuman machines...
Regards,
Eric
Quoting Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net:
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:20:17 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
I wonder if it would possible to send some machines to the asteroid
belt to capture some whole asteroids and
To what end? Certainly, there is nothing to be found on asteroids that can't
be obtained far cheaper on Earth.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
- Original Message -
From: Melanie Matthews
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Fri, April 23, 2010 9:55:25 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit
To what end? Certainly, there is nothing to be found on asteroids that can't be
obtained far cheaper on Earth.
Chris
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Chris L
Melanie, List,
Our present level of technology is (just barely) capable
of going to an asteroid and MINING some of it. In 1998,
we sent a robot explorer to the asteroid Eros to photograph
it and map it. No sample return. A number of spacecraft
and a large crew could mine some of it, using
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