NASA To Land Astronauts On Asteroid and stay for a month
May 19, 2012 - The space agency Nasa is coaching a group of astronauts to land on asteroids after a three million mile journey - dwarfing the mere 239,000 miles travelled to the moon.
The mission, planned for the next decade, would land on an asteroid travelling at much more than 50,000 miles an hour.
The astronauts will drive cars on the surface - and pick up capabilities essential to destroy 'planet killer' asteroids that may possibly approach our planet in future.
Landing on a 50,000mph asteroid: The astronauts will drive cars on the surface - and choose up abilities required to destroy 'planet killer' asteroids that could approach our planet in long term
'If one thing is spotted late and is huge ample we may well come into Armageddon variety situations where we could have to look at manned missions to deflect it.'
Specifics of the mission had been revealed by Significant Tim Peake, a former British Army helicopter pilot, and the first official British astronaut with the European Space Agency.
The journey to the asteroid and back could take up to a YEAR.
Peake and five other astronauts will put together for the low-gravity environment of the asteroid by investing twelve days in an underwater base off the coast of Florida, 65 feet beneath the Atlantic.
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They will reside in a capsule 43 feet extended by 20 feet wide to simulate the cramped problems on an asteroid.
In an interview in the Telegraph, Significant Peake stated: 'With the technology we have accessible and are developing today, an asteroid mission of up to a year is definitely achievable.
'These objects are also coming really close to Earth all the time, but we rarely hear about it. In the last year we had an asteroid come inside of Earth's geostationary orbit, which is closer than some satellites.'
Peake and five other astronauts will put together for the low-gravity environment of the asteroid by investing twelve days in an underwater base off the coast of Florida, 65 feet beneath the Atlantic
'With sufficient warning we would most likely send a robotic mission to deflect an asteroid, but if some thing is spotted late and is big adequate we may come into Armageddon kind scenarios wherever we might have to look at manned missions to deflect it.'
May 19, 2012 - The space agency Nasa is coaching a group of astronauts to land on asteroids after a three million mile journey - dwarfing the mere 239,000 miles travelled to the moon.
The mission, planned for the next decade, would land on an asteroid travelling at much more than 50,000 miles an hour.
The astronauts will drive cars on the surface - and pick up capabilities essential to destroy 'planet killer' asteroids that may possibly approach our planet in future.
Landing on a 50,000mph asteroid: The astronauts will drive cars on the surface - and choose up abilities required to destroy 'planet killer' asteroids that could approach our planet in long term
'If one thing is spotted late and is huge ample we may well come into Armageddon variety situations where we could have to look at manned missions to deflect it.'
Specifics of the mission had been revealed by Significant Tim Peake, a former British Army helicopter pilot, and the first official British astronaut with the European Space Agency.
The journey to the asteroid and back could take up to a YEAR.
Peake and five other astronauts will put together for the low-gravity environment of the asteroid by investing twelve days in an underwater base off the coast of Florida, 65 feet beneath the Atlantic.
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They will reside in a capsule 43 feet extended by 20 feet wide to simulate the cramped problems on an asteroid.
In an interview in the Telegraph, Significant Peake stated: 'With the technology we have accessible and are developing today, an asteroid mission of up to a year is definitely achievable.
'These objects are also coming really close to Earth all the time, but we rarely hear about it. In the last year we had an asteroid come inside of Earth's geostationary orbit, which is closer than some satellites.'
Peake and five other astronauts will put together for the low-gravity environment of the asteroid by investing twelve days in an underwater base off the coast of Florida, 65 feet beneath the Atlantic
'With sufficient warning we would most likely send a robotic mission to deflect an asteroid, but if some thing is spotted late and is big adequate we may come into Armageddon kind scenarios wherever we might have to look at manned missions to deflect it.'
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