Prince*Jedi Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 The idea of capturing an asteroid may seem unbelievable to most. Yet following U.S President Barack Obama's instructions to Nasa that he wants to snare an asteroid and then launch it into the moon/earth orbit, the space agency has released a video of how it could be done. This is all part of the development of a potential manned mission to Mars. How Nasa intends to capture an asteroid ? Here ( full video by Nasa for the first time) : http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid694908207001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAjgltpmk~,3G6d8W41NOS8dBzRXeWHGdzbg-FWShEX&bctid=2292355746001 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Dude, that is amazing, or will be if they pull it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince*Jedi Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 Dude, that is amazing, or will be if they pull it off Ya! That is crazy I recommend watching this video in full screen ( after some seconds of commercial) Prince *Jedi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antichrist Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 That'll be interesting seeing what they find, if anything. I'm also curious what they're looking to find, that's driving them to do this... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 That'll be interesting seeing what they find, if anything. I'm also curious what they're looking to find, that's driving them to do this... Agree with this whole statement.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Appel* Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 crazy... typical for USA. all ideas are crazy, but they really let some dreams come true. (Moon and so on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 crazy... typical for USA. all ideas are crazy, but they really let some dreams come true. (Moon and so on) If you don't dream, nothing at all will ever get accomplished. We are dreamers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnl Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 crazy... typical for USA. all ideas are crazy, but they really let some dreams come true. (Moon and so on) Why is it crazy? That'll be interesting seeing what they find, if anything. I'm also curious what they're looking to find, that's driving them to do this... I think they are looking into mining asteroids and possibly into how to divert asteroids if they are in a collision course with Earth. But that is just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevy Wonder Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 This is good, actually, this could prevent the extinction of the human race, of course just from an asteriod colliding with Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Maluco. Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 A space Anaconda!!!! Thx for sharing it not enough rocks in Texas i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death_Reincarnated Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Interesting but getting the trajectory correct will not be easy, especially when there is a delay in the information sent between central command and the capture probe. The asteroid will have large momentun due to its weight and having enough thrust power to stop it will also proove diffiult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnl Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Interesting but getting the trajectory correct will not be easy, especially when there is a delay in the information sent between central command and the capture probe. The asteroid will have large momentun due to its weight and having enough thrust power to stop it will also proove diffiult. True, but that is why they calculate the path of the asteroid, so that they won't need to make major adjustments later. Momentum will definitely be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthNinja Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Damn that's cool if they pull it off... but what if they don't or can't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death_Reincarnated Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) True, but that is why they calculate the path of the asteroid, so that they won't need to make major adjustments later. Momentum will definitely be a problem. Indeed. The simplest scenario would be that the asteroid is moving along a linear path, but the problem is applying enough froce from the thrusters to stop it. One may apply force over longer period of time to affectively stop the asteroid but we all know that the path of a astronomical object tends to be orbital so then the force would have to be diverged from a linear force - and this is where it gets ugly lol. Oh and just going back to applying a force over longer time - how much fuel would you then need lol. For those interested have a read - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum Edited June 5, 2013 by Death_Reincarnated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmtHipple Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Right then if they do " capture" a asteroid and bring it into a near earth orbit getting it to go away and not come back to bit us in the ass might be a trick too. Just my thoughts on it ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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