Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) Forum: SSI-List
Thread: Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)
# 15783 byking_rodent@... on Sept. 27, 2001, 5:21 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
> Dr. Omni wrote,
>
> "However, Al Globus himself says that the original concept of
AsterAnts is
> not viable due to meteoroid rotation."
>
> I wish I could understand this statement. Why can't the probe
latch on
> the meteoroid and fire its hydrazine thrusters to despin it?
away from fuel needed to return the asteroid. It will likely be
uneconomical to despin.
king_rodent (putting the eek in geek)