Monthly Archives: April 2015

Asteroids as Transportation Hubs

This is a sketch from a post I did in 2009  about moving asteroids using their own rotational energy to sling ISRU mass  to change their orbit. http://selenianboondocks.com/2009/09/moving-asteroids/ With Jons’ last post, I got to speculating about other ways of … Continue reading

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Up in ARMs for No Good Reason

While there has been some slightly more positive discussion about the NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission since my previous blog post and SpaceNews Op-Ed, there have still been a steady stream of criticisms and suggestions of alternatives to the ARM mission … Continue reading

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