Oh, you mean the payload. I'm not sure but I don't see why we couldn't quarantine that for a while and sit on it. I take it we've gotten other space rocks inclu

Oh, you mean the payload. I'm not sure but I don't see why we couldn't quarantine that for a while and sit on it. I take it we've gotten other space rocks including meteorites and moon rocks. They haven't caused us much trouble so I don't see why an asteroid would be worse on that front. Then again, I'm no astrophysicist.