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Article: NASA's "Hitchhiker" Spacecraft Could Catch Rides With Comets

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    Posted Fri 02 Oct, 2015 7:12 PM
    You can view the article at https://ufplanets.com/content.php?706-NASA
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    #2
    Posted Tue 06 Oct, 2015 5:18 PM
    Thank you for this article. I think this is an interesting concept and could be a good way to mine comets or asteroids with less cost than using a type of drone that needs to jet around to different asteroids. I suspect that the material or manufacturing process to make a tether of sufficient length or strength is currently not available though.