NASA Needs Ideas to Study Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Apophis
The space agency is hosting a workshop for low cost missions to study Apophis despite having two probes in storage that could fit the bill.
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The space agency is hosting a workshop for low cost missions to study Apophis despite having two probes in storage that could fit the bill.
The team behind the Janus mission is trying to find a new use for the spacecraft, which are now sitting in storage.
NASA is going to store a pair of spacecraft at a facility, awaiting a second chance to go to space should the agency find a new purpose for them.
The asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) measures about two-thirds of a mile across. It will also remain in Earth's vicinity for much of the next 1,000 years. CU Boulder aerospace engineer Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz says its important to study objects like this one to make sure they don't pose a risk to life on our planet.
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