NASA May Give the Moon a Smaller Moon of Its Own

One of 2012?s oddest and most interesting ideas in space exploration may be getting a renewed lease on life in 2013. According to New Scientist, NASA is "mulling over" a proposal from researchers at the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) to give the moon a moon of its own.
In this proposal, NASA would snag an asteroid from deeper in space and tow it back to the moon, where it would take up orbit around the Earth?s only natural satellite. It may sound far-fetched, but NASA is considering funding the idea in its next round of budgeting.
The full study was first published last April. KISS researchers envision a slow, steady spacecraft powered by solar ions -- a sort of spacefari… Continue reading...
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