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Solar Electric Spacecraft Propulsion Could Get NASA To an Asteroid

Posted by samzenpus on from the here-comes-the-sun dept.

coondoggie writes "In the process of detailing its $17.7 billion 2014 budget this week, NASA highlighted a mission to snag a 500-ton asteroid, bring it back, stash it near the moon and study it. It also took the time to put in a plug for an ongoing research project called Solar Electric Propulsion, which NASA says could be the key technology it needs to pull off the asteroid plan."

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  1. Great by JustOK · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too bad they can only make a drive that works during sunny days in space.

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