Jonathan Goff Says Let’s Redirect an Asteroid

ARM is the Asteroid Redirect Mission, and sometimes it seems that it doesn’t have a friend in the world. But it does, and Jonathan Goff of Altius Space Machines is one. Emily Lakdawalla reports on the Curiosity rover’s latest drill down into Mars. Bill Nye the Science Guy says LightSail is just one of the many cubesats planned for space missions. Bruce Betts helps Mat Kaplan with his pronunciation on this week’s edition of What’s Up.

Related Links:

• Jonathan Goff’s Space News Op-Ed: 10 Reasons Why an Asteroid Redirect Mission is Worth Doing
• Selenian Boondocks Blog
• Altius Space Machines
• NASA’s Asteroid Initiative
• Curiosity Update: Sols 864-895 Drilling at Pink Cliffs
• Planetary Cubesats Begin to Come of Age

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How many bathrooms or toilets are there on the International Space Station?

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What is the diameter of the largest Deep Space Network antennas?

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