How to capture an asteroid – and why we should go to such trouble
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 09:50
in Astronomy & Space
Asteroids were once viewed as the vermin of the sky, disrupting astronomical observations by leaving streaks on long-exposure photographic plates used to take pictures of the stars. How times have changed. These remnants of the early solar system are now seen as key targets for space science and, just possibly, for future space commerce.