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How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis's Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
The potentially hazardous asteroid is on its way for an uncomfortably close flyby of Earth in 2029.
Blue Ring, which is set to make its debut by the end of 2024, is designed to provide end-to-end services for both commercial and government customers, and can host payloads that weigh up to 6,600 pounds (3,000 kilograms). The orbital platform can be used to deliver instruments or deployable spacecraft to Apophis for low-cost, low-risk missions, Steve Squyres, chief scientist at Blue Origin, is quoted in SpaceNews as saying. After dropping off samples from the Bennu asteroid in the Utah desert, the spacecraft was repurposed for a new errand, having to carry out close passes to the Sun, as well as three Earth gravity assists, to reach Apophis in five years.
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