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NASA Asteroid Capture Mission To Be Proposed In 2014 Budget

Posted by timothy on from the other-people's-money dept.

MarkWhittington writes "Included in President Obama's 2014 budget request will be a $100 million line item for NASA for a mission to capture and bring an asteroid to a high orbit around the moon where it will be explored by astronauts. Whether the $2.6 billion mission is a replacement or a supplement to the president's planned human mission to an asteroid is unclear. The proposal was first developed by the Keck Institite in April, 2012 and has achieved new impetus due to the meteor incident over Russia and new fears of killer asteroids."

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  1. "Mom, look what followed me home . . . !" by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    ". . . can I keep it . . . ?"

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  2. What is... by wbr1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    An asteroinaut?

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