Space capsule probed for asteroid dust : Nature News - 1 views
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They have clearly shown us the path forward to the inevitable large-scale exploration of the near-Earth asteroid population
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Interest in asteroid missions has also been on the rise in the United States. In June, US President Barack Obama called for a manned trip to an asteroid. And late last year, the OSIRIS-REx project, also a sample-return mission targeting a carbon-rich asteroid, was selected as a finalist in NASA's New Frontiers Program,