Asteroid Landing Would Propel Exploration Farther From Earth
Credit: NASA/JPL
U.S. astronauts could be launched in 2025 on an Ares V booster for a month-long stay on an asteroid designated “99-A010.” The landing proposal will be made by planetary scientist Robert Farquhar in a paper to be published in the journal of The Planetary Society. The five-month flight time would...
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