The Space Program – A Modest Proposal, Paul Spudis “I’m at a loss to explain why one aspect of the ARM mission hasn’t been discussed in the media: seeing that […]
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Asteroid Retrieval Is Not The Prime Intent of NASA's Asteroid Retrieval Mission
Redirecting Asteroid Not Top Objective of Asteroid Redirect Mission, NASA Official Says, Space News “After a presentation in Phoenix to the NASA-chartered Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG), Lindley Johnson, head […]
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Asteroidal Confusion
Don Yeomans, NEO Program Manager…my friend, colleague & boss for over 20 years…is retiring from JPL this week. pic.twitter.com/Rd2vaehosN — Ron Baalke (@RonBaalke) January 6, 2015 Dr Tim Spahr is […]
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NASA Media Brief On Asteroid Mission No One Supports
NASA to Discuss Today Asteroid Redirect Mission Capture Concept, Next Step in Journey to Mars “NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EST today during which agency officials […]
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Planetary Science Community Split Over Asteroid Retrieval
NASA’s Plan to Visit an Asteroid Faces a Rocky Start, Scientific American “What the critics don’t seem to understand is that if we don’t send humans to an asteroid that […]
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Asteroid Redirect Mission Critique
Human spaceflight: Find asteroids to get to Mars “Some options are better than others. The cost and complexity of human space exploration demands that each element be measured by its […]
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OIG: NASA NEO Program is Inefficient and Lacks Oversight
NASA’s Efforts to Identify Near-Earth Objects and Mitigate Hazards “NASA has organized its NEO Program under a single Program Executive who manages a loosely structured conglomerate of research activities that […]
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Congress, NAC, SBAG, Question Asteroid Mission
Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chair Smith Statement on NASA Advisory Council Recommendations “Contrary to this administration’s rhetoric, the President’s proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) has many skeptics within the […]
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Asteroid Mission Update
NASA Announces Latest Progress, Upcoming Milestones in Hunt for Asteroids “NASA is on the hunt for an asteroid to capture with a robotic spacecraft, redirect to a stable orbit around […]
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Planetary Society Supports Asteroid Mission – But …
The Planetary Society Announces Strong Support for NASA’s Asteroid Initiative “Our concern is that a rigorous and independent cost and technical evaluation of the mission has not yet been completed. […]