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Asteroid buzzes Earth; another coming

Asteroid buzzes Earth; another coming

A small asteroid passed within the moon's distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do likewise later in the day, space watchers say.

Senh: Time to give Michael Bay and Bruce Willis a call. Maybe BP can send their elite group of oil drillers to stop the next asteroid from hitting 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.

 

Space head: Russia may send spacecraft to asteroid

Space head: Russia may send spacecraft to asteroid

Russia's space chief said Wednesday his agency will consider sending a spacecraft to a large asteroid to knock it off its path and prevent a possible collision with Earth.

 

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