Reuters – The 548-metre long asteroid, "25143 Itokawa", is seen nearly 300 million km (186 million miles) … WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made his case to NASA workers in Florida on Thursday for abandoning plans to return to the moon and instead aim for asteroids, Mars and more robotic missions.
Visiting a nearby asteroid would be a small step with a big impact.
Not only can asteroids tell scientists how planets formed, but they may contain some more primordial elements from the early solar system.
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Additional editorial comment: it is interesting that Obama comes up with an "asteroid" for the next manned space mission. We make fun of the presidential comment, but this may surprise you a bit.
Anyone ever heard of "Apophis" ?? This is an asteroid measuring a football field wide and headed earth. It will do a fly by in 2028, travel around the sun and return to Earth's vicinity to either fly by or impact the Earth on
April 13, 2036.
Don't believe me? Here are a few references beginning with an article from NASA. Understand that our interest was peeled when we learned of several scientists approaching the UN, urging that institution to begin plans on dealing with this astroid as if it were to strike the Earth for a certainty.
NASA article on Apophis.
Finally, take a couple of minutes to view this video. We are thinking that the closer Apophis comes, the greater the return to convervative style religion. Eat, drink and be Mary all you libs - the tide will change beginning in mid- 2020. --- jds
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