Interesting article about China’s scientific community. They are planning to pull an asteroid into earth orbit, mine it, research it, then send it on its way. I am thinking, what an excellent idea, there is probably no chance that this plan could screw up at all.
In related news, a major satellite the size of a school bus is due to reenter the atmosphere on the 23rd or 24th. I remember the fear that Skylab wrought when it fell many years ago. I can still hear the shrieks of “The skylab is falling, the skylab is falling”.
http://www.space.com/12982-dead-nasa-satellite-falling-earth-sept-24.html
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