[meteorite-list] ESA Selects Targets for Asteroid-Deflecting Mission Don Quijote

[Darren Garrison]

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:46:08 -0700 (PDT), Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

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>Don Quijote is an asteroid-deflecting mission currently under study by
>ESA's Advanced Concepts Team (ACT). Earlier this year the NEO Mission

Soooooo, they spend millions of dollars (or Euros) and give the craft a name firmly associated with
insane and hopeless pursuits?  http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=quixotic

Well, at least Starship Titanic was already taken...