2014. szeptember 3., szerda

Japan's Decade-Long Mission to Mine an Asteroid

Japan's Decade-Long Mission to Mine an Asteroid


1999 JU3: It doesn't sound like a very noteworthy name. It's just one of more than 5,000 Apollo-class asteroids. But 1999 JU3 could become a household name if Japan succeeds in mining it—a mission that JAXA has struggled with for decades, often disastrously. And on Sunday, it revealed the probe that could redeem it.


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