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I wonder what it would take to attach a booster to an asteroid and bring it in earth orbit

• T-A 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_Redirect_Mission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_Redirect_Mission
  • buboard 7y ago
    I 'm surprised by the low cost: > The mission cost was estimated by the Glenn Research Center at about $2.6 billion,
• dasKrokodil 7y ago
  What could possibly go wrong?
  • chmod775 7y ago
    Using asteroids/rocks as kinetic weapons is one of my favorite hard sci-fi tropes.
  • buboard 7y ago
    it would burn in the atmosphere?