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Adventures in Near-Earth Object Exploration

Author(s) -

Erik Asphaug

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.1128496

Subject(s) - asteroid , astrobiology , near earth object , adventure , geology , earth (classical element) , object (grammar) , space exploration , hazard , astronomy , earth science , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , ecology , biology

Asteroids, because of the hazard they pose to Earth, are compelling targets for robotic and human space exploration. Yet because of their exotic low-gravity environment, simply landing on an asteroid appears to be much more challenging than we had appreciated 5 or 10 years ago. Thanks to a bold new mission from Japan that has made the first asteroid sample return attempt, this goal is now within our reach.

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