We are likely to put someone with an asteroid by 2025. Crazy. However the gravity on asteroids is really weak that people will not stay with it. NASA intends to harpoon an asteroid just like a giant space-whale. Now that's my kinda crazy!
Today NASA introduced an up-to-date survey of near-earth asteroids. It is good to understand what's the that may, y'know, crush us, but additionally it is good for selecting a likely asteroid to land on, that is something NASA is going to be focusing on for the following decade . 5. When the spacecraft will get near it, there isn't nearly enough gravity to drag us in or stop us there. So we are likely to shoot it, with a few kind of harpoonish grappling thingie, and employ that tether to drag us there. Peep the recording.
The things they shoot it with will rely on exactly what the asteroid consists of:
"Some asteroids may have a metallic core, and seeking to anchor for them could be like banging a nail into an anvil," states Jeffrey Hoffman, a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Durch along with a former astronaut. "Others might be a boulders pile, which may end up like attempting to pitch a tent on the snowfield."
You will find some talk of lassoing one by wrapping a cable completely around it. Sorry NASA, I am likely to veto that. Any asteroid that's sufficiently small to lasso isn't awesome enough to go to. We have to think bigger! What went down to Mars We are not likely to inspire an era of kids to complete their homework by going to a lil' space rock. Let us get planetary here, people. [Popular Mechanics]
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