Islands in Space: The Challenge of the Planetoids, the Pioneering Work of Dandridge M. Col Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Islands in Space: The Challenge of the Planetoids, the Pioneering Work of Dandridge M. Col
# 10244 byalbonnici@... on Aug. 8, 2007, 6:16 p.m.
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NASA is again considering the feasibility of manned missions to the asteroids. However, this idea is not without precedent. Scientists began seriously considering asteroids as targets of exploration in the 1960s. The leading proponent of such missions was American aerospace engineer and futurist - Dandridge MacFarland Cole.