NASA Considers Putting an Asteroid Into Orbit Around the Moon

I think that would depend highly upon the composition of the asteroid they capture.

Being scientists, and only getting big bucks on the table for a one shot deal, I would bet on their choosing as heterogenous of an asteroid as possible, preferably one with clear signs of stratification.

This way portions of the asteroid will be rocky, while others will be more iron based, allowing for the greatest possible dataset to be collected from the expense.

Such an asteroid would almost certainly fragment on re-entry, s

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