NASA astronauts plan to fly to a new asteroid




Leading experts of the American space Agency determined the asteroid, which they later, a maximum of ten years will be manned missile system. According to the experts a celestial body that is the asteroid "2011MD" from time to time flying past the orbit of the earth and the moon, as its main natural satellite.

According to preliminary information, the diametrical part of the asteroid is restricted to only six feet, with a minimum weight of hundreds of tons. From the point of view of scientists, heavenly asteroid has a hollow interior component of, or consists of a large number of stones, huddled up to one bundle of a gravitational impact.

According to preliminary information provided by scientists, journalists, the first to launch a spacecraft to the asteroid scheduled for 2019 year. It is also known that the main task of the space module is the capture of an asteroid in a rounded metal mesh with a further move it into orbit of earth's natural satellite.

Source: globalscience.ru

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