Humans to NEOs - Rob Landis (SETI Talks)

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In late 2006, NASA's Constellation Program (CxP) sponsored a study to examine the feasibility of sending a piloted Orion spacecraft to a near-Earth Object (NEO). One of the significant advantages of this type of mission is that it strengthens and validates the foundational infrastructure of the United States Space Exploration Policy and his highly complementary to NASA's planned lunar sortie and outpost missions circa 2020. Rob Landis will discuss how human expedition to a NEO would not only underline the broad utility of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) and Ares launch systems, but would also be the first human expedition to an interplanetary body beyond the Earth-Moon system.

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Science & Technology

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• rob landis
• neo
• asteroids

[Jamieduk999]

dont waste time on neo's send unmanned auto pilot crafts instead as its not that inportant

[Beanmaster73]

constellation just got cancelled by obamas nasa budget cuts

[psychocandy007]

His argument at 55:30 is rather naive. Docking "issues" with Gemini? Docking like the Shuttle, Soyuz, ATV, etc have been doing with the ISS for the last however long? Excessive maneuvering and propellant boil-off? Meh.