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TODAY: Airliner-Sized Asteroid Gives Earth Close Shave

Posted 04.01.2012

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By: Tariq Malik Published: 03/31/2012 11:30 AM EDT on SPACE.com An asteroid the size of a passenger jet will zoom close by Earth on Sunday (Apri...

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Why Human Space Travel?

Richard Garriott de Cayeux | Posted 05.19.2012

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Richard Garriott de Cayeux

Human spaceflight can and will come down in cost by a factor of 10 to 100 in the next decades. The issue is not if we should explore and homestead in space but when.

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WATCH: Bus-Sized Asteroid Headed For Near-Miss With Earth

Posted 01.27.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 01/26/2012 04:43 PM EST on SPACE.com A small asteroid will make an extremely close pass by Earth Friday (Jan. 27), coming...

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WATCH: Asteroid Makes Rare Flyby Close To Earth

Posted 01.08.2012

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A huge asteroid speeding through space at 30,000 miles per hour was projected to come so close to Earth on Tuesday that it would at one point travel i...

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How To See The Huge Asteroid That's Whizzing By Earth Today

The Huffington Post | By Timothy Stenovec | Posted 01.08.2012

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2005 YU55, an asteroid larger than an aircraft carrier, will whiz past Earth on Tuesday, coming so close to the home planet that it will actually trav...

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Asteroid Passes By Earth On Tuesday

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 01.08.2012

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LOS ANGELES — An asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zipped by Earth on Tuesday in the closest encounter by such a massive space rock in more...

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2009 VA: Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth Just 8,700 Miles Away

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although no one noticed at the time, the Earth was almost hit by an asteroid last Friday. The previously undiscovered asteroid came within 8,700mil...

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