[meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:55:25 -0600
Message-ID: <AB7670F34EC14F6A8E29F167A083C0CC_at_bellatrix>

To what end? Certainly, there is nothing to be found on asteroids that can't
be obtained far cheaper on Earth.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Melanie Matthews" <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 10:20 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Capturing asteroids in orbit


>I wonder if it would possible to send some machines to the asteroid belt to
>capture some whole asteroids and bring them to Earth? Or would they be
>drifting too quickly in their orbits to capture with the current
>technology? Also would decent-sized samples from such captures be available
>to collectors?
>
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> Melanie
Received on Sat 24 Apr 2010 12:55:25 AM PDT