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bdewoody
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The more I read and think about our President's stated goal of sending a manned mission to an asteroid the more I question why. Is it just a diversion so he can eventually scrap the USA's manned space program? What could a manned mission to an asteroid accomplish that a robotic mission couldn't? Does he want to send astronauts to a mainstream asteroid that stays between Mars and Jupiter or a NEO that has a highly eliptical orbit. To me a manned asteroid mission falls under the publicity stunt category and has no long term benefit