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Russell Schweickart
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Quotes by Russell Schweickart


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Things don't 'fall' normally around small cosmic bodies. The local gravity is so low that any lateral velocity has an exaggerated effect. The behavior of objects around asteroids is counter-intuitive, if not absolutely chaotic.

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It would have devastating consequences if it hit. There is the serious question of whether, if it is headed toward impact, we will know enough to make a timely decision.

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We'll go many years with basically no additional information on where it's headed.

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Because of this low gravity, we B612'ers talk about 'docking with' a near Earth object and not 'landing on' one.
