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I'm not quite seeing the benefit of capturing a 22 foot rock , especially for the purpose of getting to Mars. What am I missing here?

Going to Mars is a pretty straight forward trip with no stops really needed. It's not like an oasis, it's a 22 ft. piece of rock. We can study smaller asteroids right here on earth. Why go meet one?

Dragging an asteroid into another orbit might be a beneficial skill if the skills can one day be used to prevent a large asteroid from entering our atmosphere. In this case though, the asteroid will be small and would not be a major planetary concern if one that size came down.Most of it would break up during entry. I don't think we are going to wrap a big balloon over a mile wide asteroid. I could be wrong though. This could be a great contract for Trojan.....ugh...ok put that one on my weekly apology list.

<blockquote data-quote="starise" data-source="post: 157334" data-attributes="member: 5575">I&#039;m not quite seeing the benefit of capturing a 22 foot rock , especially for the purpose of getting to Mars. What am I missing here?&nbsp;&nbsp;Going to Mars is a pretty straight forward trip with no stops really needed. It&#039;s not like an oasis, it&#039;s a 22 ft. piece of rock. We can study smaller asteroids right here on earth. Why go meet one? &nbsp;&nbsp;Dragging an asteroid into another orbit might be a beneficial skill if the skills can one day be used to prevent a&nbsp; large asteroid from entering our atmosphere. In this case though, the asteroid will be small and would not be a major planetary concern if one that size came down.Most of it would break up during entry.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think we are going to wrap a big balloon over a mile wide asteroid. I could be wrong though. This could be a great contract for Trojan.....ugh...ok put that one on my weekly apology list.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="starise, post: 157334, member: 5575"] I'm not quite seeing the benefit of capturing a 22 foot rock , especially for the purpose of getting to Mars. What am I missing here? Going to Mars is a pretty straight forward trip with no stops really needed. It's not like an oasis, it's a 22 ft. piece of rock. We can study smaller asteroids right here on earth. Why go meet one? Dragging an asteroid into another orbit might be a beneficial skill if the skills can one day be used to prevent a large asteroid from entering our atmosphere. In this case though, the asteroid will be small and would not be a major planetary concern if one that size came down.Most of it would break up during entry. I don't think we are going to wrap a big balloon over a mile wide asteroid. I could be wrong though. This could be a great contract for Trojan.....ugh...ok put that one on my weekly apology list. [/QUOTE]

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