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‘Avalanche’ Risk Higher Than Thought For Asteroid Landings: Study

Friday, July 5, 2013 14:57

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Landing on asteroids will be a risky endeavour, perhaps aggravated by changes in asteroid dust when it’s touched. Credit: NASA Near Earth Object Program

Imagine plunking your spacecraft down on an asteroid. The gravity would be small. The surface would be uneven. The space rock might be noticeably spinning, complicating your maneuvering.

Humans have done it with robotic spacecraft before. The first time was in 2001, when NASA made a stunning landing with the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft on Eros — using a craft that was not even designed to reach the surface. A new study, however, portrays getting close to these space rocks as perhaps even more hazardous than previously thought.

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