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speaking of comets
Vincent Cate wrote:
"Lynndel Humphreys" wrote in message ... Was thinking more along the lines of harpooning a large deep space comet or asteroid. After attaching, it could be reeled onto the surface. BTW, what asteroids would fit the requirements? The deltaV between the vehicle and the comet or asteroid has to be very small, like under 1 km/sec. A tether for harpooning just would not be reasonable for much more than this (too heavy relative to vehicle). You want the asteroid going in the direction that you want to go. A random comet may be doing more like 20 km/sec and not the way you want to go. Outside the asteroid belt it would take too long for another suitable asteroid to come along. -- Vince Indeed. If whales were hypersonic....well, you see the problem, even if you got a successful hit... -- You know what to remove, to reply.... |
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