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NEO ORBITAL

No. Not a "new" theory. An old thing. No one ever thought about. Or not in my awareness.

How cool.

NEO Space

Near Earth Object.

How cool.

How tricky. A lot cheaper to get to and a lot of payoff if it works.

From Daily Kos.

President Obama threw out an intriguing idea during a speech about the future of the US space program earlier this month: "Early in the next decade, a set of crewed flights will test and prove the systems required for exploration beyond low Earth orbit. And by 2025, we expect new spacecraft designed for long journeys to allow us to begin the first-ever crewed missions beyond the Moon into deep space. So we’ll start -- we’ll start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history".

There are some that are all solid nickel and iron. A 300 yarder would be worth billions.

Some asteroids are CO2 and water. A water source.

There are 7000 of these things.

If they were inhabited, you could see them. Lighting up the sky.

This is not too far from possible now.

Did I say how cool I think this is?

And so much more practical than traipsing off to Mars or another trip to the desolate moon.

Labels: Administration Obama, astronomy