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The burn would probably (deliberately) be done in such a way that the asteroid's trajectory would never intersect the earth just in case it failed. Once it's i
by okasaki 13y ago
The burn would probably (deliberately) be done in such a way that the asteroid's trajectory would never intersect the earth just in case it failed.
Once it's in orbit around the moon it's not going anywhere.
- danielweber 13y agoThings in lunar orbit do degrade and crash into the moon. NASA has put a lot of stuff into lunar orbit over the years and they all eventually crashed. There's essentially no atmosphere, but the Moon is not a perfect sphere and there are mascons that perturb orbits. It's a question of how high it is, too. NB: I didn't know this until I asked /r/space about it several years ago.