Asteroid Capture Seen As Catalyst For Exploration
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Capturing a tiny asteroid and nudging it into the Earth-Moon system for study by spacewalking astronauts is at the outer edge of U.S. capabilities right now, and will pull NASA's deep-space exploration technologies along even if it does not catch a space rock. The idea has drawn a mixed reaction on...
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