Earth's first Trojan asteroid

[ironsides]

Now there's word out of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that astronomers have just discovered Earth's first Trojan asteroid — a rock that shares our own solar orbit, leading us around the sun like a tugboat pulling an ocean liner. That's big news not just because such an object had never been spotted before, but also because a Trojan could make such an easy and nifty place for astronauts to visit.


http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2085982,00.html?xid=newsletter-weekly​

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

I like all asteroid news and I like this of course. All space news is good news.

I must disagree with idea of landing on an asteroid, because, unlike the Moon, they lack water for fuel and breathing. Plus, they are farther away. An automatic mining machine, if it works, okay. But then it could work on the Moon too.

 

[CDNBear]

I like all asteroid news and I like this of course. All space news is good news.

Really? I would have thought you would be annoyed by those terrible immigrant rocks.

 

[petros]

Mohammed predicted this.

 

[DaSleeper]

Mohammed predicted this.

Is there water on that rock??

 

[Cliffy]

Trojan asteroid - does this mean the thing has a giant condom on it?

 

[petros]

Mohammed says water can be a rock and an asteroid.

 

[lone wolf]

Wouldn't that be the Sheik asteroid?

 

[Tonington]

Trojan asteroid - does this mean the thing has a giant condom on it?

It means if we go to investigate the asteroid, a life form will hitch a ride back to earth and wipe many of us out.

 

[SLM]

It means if we go to investigate the asteroid, a life form will hitch a ride back to earth and wipe many of us out.

Yeah, I think I saw that movie.

 

[ironsides]

Trojan asteroid - does this mean the thing has a giant condom on it?

Yes, it's safe.

I like all asteroid news and I like this of course. All space news is good news.

I must disagree with idea of landing on an asteroid, because, unlike the Moon, they lack water for fuel and breathing. Plus, they are farther away. An automatic mining machine, if it works, okay. But then it could work on the Moon too.

That little asteroid would make a very good new Internation Space Station when ISS is crashed. Not better than a Moon base, but in addition to one.

 

[petros]

because, unlike the Moon, they lack water for fuel and breathing

I like boating on the moon under it's gorgeous mauve (lilac for Americans) skies.

 

[CDNBear]

I like boating on the moon under it's gorgeous mauve (lilac for Americans) skies.

I prefer jogging, with that fresh unsullied air filling my lungs and blowing through my hair.

 

[petros]

You aren't going to try to sell me shampoo or tampoons are you?

 

[CDNBear]

You aren't going to try to sell me shampoo or tampoons are you?

Nope, just some lake front property on the moon.

 

[petros]

Old folks homes..this would never happen on the moon. She'd bounce.

 

[CDNBear]

"Medic alert, Help!!! I've floated and I can't get down!!!"

 

[petros]

Damn Russians and their Upsidaisium zimmer frames.

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

That little asteroid would make a very good new Internation Space Station when ISS is crashed. Not better than a Moon base, but in addition to one.

I totally support as much space colonization as possible. It's a gigantic place up there.

 

[Cliffy]

Ya! I wish all those who want to go and colonize space would get on with it. It is getting too crowded and dirty down here. Those who want to go can send cash to NASA to speed things up.