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It sounds like science fiction, but nasa has plans to capture an asteroid and place it in orbit around the moon. florida senator bill nelson says the mission is part of president obama's new budget plan. nasa would first catch the asteroid with a robotic spacecraft, and then tow it back towards earth. this is real. it would be placed in a stable orbit around the moon. nelson says the asteroid could be used for research, mining, developing technology for future deep space missions that would be cool, i guess. millions are in the path of a spring blizzard that's on the way. jennifer delgado ha...

Astronaut, says the mission is part of president obama's new budget plan. this is how it would work. nasa would first catch an asteroid with a robotic spacecraft and tow it back toward earth, sounds simple, right? then it would place it in a stable orbit around the moon. senator nelson says the asteroid could be used for mining, developing technology for future deep space missions, also asteroid research. >> makes me want to learn more about that, right? >> sounds cool. >> it's just like armageddon. technology from the film armageddon. >> all right. miranda lambert and luke bryan were among th...