Russia May Send Spacecraft to Space To Knock Astroid
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Cyclone42
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No they don't.
NASA Watch has an interesting take on this.
Russian Asteroid Mission Needs Better Data - NASA Watch
Leave it alone. It wont be here for another 20 years. Continue to monitor the situation, but don't do something stupid and cause more problems like HawkFromNorwalk said.
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Cyclone42
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Not a lot of people realize the full magnitude of all of what NASA does. When most people think of "NASA", they think of the manned space stuff. But manned space missions only account for about 5% of what NASA does, even though manned space missions consume about half of NASA's budget. NASA has, at any given time, probably 30 or 40 unmanned space missions going on simultaneously. Just take a look at jpl.nasa.gov and look at the list, it is really long. I doubt the Russians have more than 2 or 3. (Unmanned space missions have never been a priority for the Russians or the Soviets)
Why don't they just just build that space elevator they've been talking about and sned someone up to the top floor to take care of it?
Perspective on Apophis' pass in 2029 attached.
Kind of scary that Perminov doesn't seem to understand orbital mechanics...although I do think that a manned mission to Apophis in 2029 is a great idea. Challenging mission with a small gravity well to deal with, particularly good practice if a deflection mission IS ever necessary.
Kind of scary that Perminov doesn't seem to understand orbital mechanics...although I do think that a manned mission to Apophis in 2029 is a great idea. Challenging mission with a small gravity well to deal with, particularly good practice if a deflection mission IS ever necessary.
Unlikely, since their principal method of acquiring technology has historically been theft.
