Wanted: Man to land on Killer Asteroid and gently nudge it from path to Earth
www.guardian.co.uk | Friday November 17, 2006 | David Adam
Posted on 11/17/2006 8:15:39 AM EST by Esther Ruth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740196/posts
regarding reasons to go:
Clandestine comets found in main asteroid belt - Earth oceans origin
newscientist space | 23 March 2006
Posted on 03/24/2006 5:26:05 AM EST by S0122017
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1602203/posts
Did A Giant Impact Create The Two Faces Of Mars?
New Scientist | 3-15-2007 | David Shiga
Posted on 03/15/2007 5:14:24 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1801508/posts
Asteroid Breakup May Have Doomed Dinosaurs
Centauri Dreams | 9/5/07
Posted on 09/05/2007 2:55:02 PM EDT by LibWhacker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1891592/posts
other crewed mission ideas:
NASA aims to put man on Mars by 2037
breitbart | Sep 24
Posted on 09/24/2007 1:41:14 PM EDT by Names Ash Housewares
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1901453/posts
and, regarding the DAWN mission to Ceres and Vesta:
NASA Reviews Canceled Asteroid Mission
(”unusual move”, new evidence, ‘Dawn’ lives?)
AP on Yahoo | 3/15/06 | Alicia Chang - ap
Posted on 03/15/2006 11:00:52 PM EST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1597195/posts
NASA Restarts Canceled Asteroid Mission - DAWN
AP on Yahoo | 3/27/06 | Alicia Chang - AP
Posted on 03/27/2006 3:40:16 PM EST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1604151/posts
Dawn spacecraft to blast off Sunday on mission to 2 asteroids
AP on Bakersfield Californian | 7/5/07 | Alicia Chang - AP
Posted on 07/05/2007 3:40:25 PM EDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861344/posts
Asteroid mission postponed until July 15
(NASA’s Dawn spacecraft destined for Vesta and Ceres)
AP on Yahoo | 7/6/07 | AP
Posted on 07/06/2007 10:59:06 PM EDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862065/posts
NASA delays launch of Dawn spacecraft
(Cape Canaveral: Rescheduled)
Xinhua and Space.com | July 7, 2007
Posted on 07/07/2007 5:22:52 PM EDT by bd476
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862341/posts
NASA to embark on asteroid-belt mission
(DAWN - launch set for just after sunrise Thursday 9/27/07)
AP on Yahoo | 9/25/07 | Marcia Dunn - ap
Posted on 09/25/2007 9:51:42 PM EDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902160/posts
Asteroid mission gets its chance (Ion Propulsion)
BBC News | 27 September 2007 | Staff
Posted on 09/27/2007 8:03:30 AM EDT by Aristotelian
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902897/posts
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Begins Trek to Asteroid Belt
Space.com | 27 September 2007 | Tariq Malik
Posted on 09/27/2007 4:10:44 PM EDT by saganite
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903165/posts
Dawn Liftoff at Dawn... on mission to Ceres and Vesta
Dawn Mission | 09/28/2007 | NASA
Posted on 09/28/2007 10:17:50 AM EDT by cogitator
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1903546/posts
Whad’da ya’ mean “Far-fetched”?
I already seen the movie!
Bruce Willis, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
At this point I’m still more interested in building something permanent on the moon or getting to mars.