Reply to post: Re: I idly wonder about the challenge of landing this on earth ?

Aww, a cute mini-moon is orbiting Earth right now. But like all good things, it too will abandon us at some point

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Re: I idly wonder about the challenge of landing this on earth ?

"You'd have to mine it from space, because it would never survive the atmospheric entry. Oh well!"

The whole point of this exercise is to use the space shuttle or similar. It's cargo bay was plenty big enough to hold the platinum moon (the moon is only 3m in diameter), but you're right it may well be a bit of a strain on the landing gear.

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