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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on September 26, 2005, 08:06:22 pm

Title: Don Quixote and the asteroid.
Post by: Nemesis on September 26, 2005, 08:06:22 pm

Don Quixote ride again (http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html)

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected two asteroids as potential targets for a mission aimed at deflecting a nearby space rock.

After a comprehensive review, the space agency selected the near-Earth objects 2002 AT4 and 1989 ML as primary targets for its upcoming Don Quijote mission. The mission will send two spacecraft, dubbed Hidalgo and Sancho, to an asteroid in hopes of slightly deflecting the space rock’s path.

Title: Re: Don Quixote and the asteroid.
Post by: Tus-XC on September 26, 2005, 10:48:56 pm

now why (as cool as it might be to preventing our doom) just sound like crazy idea ya really shouldn't try w/ a near earth astroid... ;)