ESA’s Ramses spacecraft will scout out Apophis before and after the asteroid’s super-close flyby of Earth in 2029
  • robocall@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It would be cool if one day humanity could capture an asteroid from space and bring it down here. Maybe even to mine it.

    • the_strange@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      The value of the material is that it already is in space. Getting stuff into orbit is incredibly costly. Parking an asteroid in orbit would allow us to mine it and then fabricate space installations on the asteroid and/or using materials from it.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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      2 months ago

      If you want to mine it, you definitely don’t want to bring it down into a gravity well first.

    • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I would love to know if it’s possible to have controlled landing of an asteroid, like in a desert or something. What is the maximum size you can land without destroying the planet?