NASA plans to place an asteroid on lunar orbit to use it as a training ground for a future manned mission to Mars. The project called ARM (Asteroid Redirect Mission) is in its early stages. The space agency already spent one and a half years working on the plan. If everything runs accordingly, in ten years from now, astronauts should be collecting samples from a new lunar asteroid. The … [Read more...]
NASA Must Urgently Improve Asteroid Detection Program, Report Says
Do you remember last year’s asteroid impact in Chelyabinsk, Russia? Thanks to the Russian drivers who are well equipped with dash cams, we had the chance to witness the most thorough recorded asteroid impact ever. But while it was spectacular, the event cause some distress among regular people, as well as among astronomers and legislators. The question ‘what if an asteroid hits Earth’ has been a … [Read more...]