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Charlie Bolden Cannot Make His Mind Up About ARM
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i don’t see any contradiction. yeah, ARM may, as he says, provide the information for “future work” to protect the planet, but as he also says, this mission specifically is not about that.
ARM is currently being run by Advanced Exploration Systems (AES). They are inventors on a shoe string budget rather than astronauts. They cannot afford to do much more than talk about ARM. So SEP for ARM will eat their budget.
ARM will develop technology for planetary defence rather than defend the planet.
What if it takes 20 years to find a suitable asteroid? What will SLS be used for in the meantime?
there is already an asteroid tentatively selected for the mission, and there are about 20 other suitable candidates.
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