Thursday, September 6, 2012

NASA Dawn spacecraft heads to dwarf planet Ceres

NASA Dawn spacecraft heads to dwarf planet Ceres:

 "Asteroids have received renewed attention of late. President Barack Obama canceled a return to the moon in favor of landing astronauts on a yet-to-be-selected asteroid as a stepping stone to Mars. A private company headed by space entrepreneurs wants to mine precious metals from near-Earth asteroids."

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