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Spacecraft will pluck samples from asteroid

Spacecraft will pluck samples from asteroid

A NASA spacecraft will reach out and touch an asteroid and send pieces back to Earth.

 

NASA Narrows Target for Asteroid Mission

NASA may appear to have its pick of thousands of known asteroids for a manned mission, but only two are good targets within the next 20 years. An asteroid mission requires a large-enough destination that astronauts could reach within a few months of launch from Earth, says Lindley Johnson, head of NASA's Near-Earth Object program in Washington. Other limits to such an ambitious undertaking include the viewing range of ground-based telescopes.

Senh: Let's give Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck a call.

 

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