Tag Archives: NEA

Mining Near-Earth Asteroids: The trillion dollar enticement

Impact: Space Exploration April 30, 2012

Asteroid Ida…….credit: NASA/JPL The race to put a man on the Moon between the United States and the Soviet Union is long over. NASA got there first, national glory was achieved and then NASA and the American public lost interest in the Moon. The Russians’ all out space effort collapsed with the Soviet Union and [...]

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Asteroid 2005 YU55: No impact on the neighborhood

News: Impact Event November 9, 2011

Asteroid 2005 YU55 photographed in passing…Credit: NASA November 9, 2011: It was a reminder for the neighborhood (Earth and Moon) that strangers pass in the night. Night being metaphorical in this case because the asteroid 2005 YU55 actually took about three days to orbit through the vicinity of the Earth and Moon. As asteroids go, [...]

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