NEAR-Shoemaker to 'Smack Into' Eros

streampipe writes "NASA's asteroid-orbiting NEAR-Shoemaker satellite has essentially completed it's mission, and scientists will attempt to land the craft onto Eros on February 12th in an attempt to squeeze some 'bonus science' out of the orbiter...story at CNN." NASA's pretty good at smacking probes into other objects - this target is a little smaller than, say, Mars, but I predict a solid hit. :)