Great!...But...what happened to ESA's planned Quixote spacecraft?

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Jacob — 9/19/2008 1:36:25 PM (archived)

ESA was apparentl;y planning to send a spacecraft called
Quixote to observe another, smaller craft smashing into an asteroid.

Sound familiar?
Think Deep Impact, but with an asteroid.

So what has happened to Quixote?
Cancelled?

Vince? That maybe the fate of this 'new' planned mission.

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Europe plans asteroid sample grab (Raoul, have you seen this?) - Vince - 9/19/2008 4:03:37 AM
- Great!...But...what happened to ESA's planned Quixote spacecraft? - Jacob - 9/19/2008 1:36:25 PM
  - re: Still on - "Don Quixote could launch sometime early in the next decade." - Vince - 9/19/2008 2:32:34 PM
    - ESA has an even worse record than NASA on mission delays - pwokenyaw - 9/19/2008 5:21:02 PM
    - Smashing stuff into space objects is always fun, but... - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 3:30:28 PM
      - re: Did you watch the video - not an impactor. - vince - 9/19/2008 5:01:26 PM
        
        Yes I did - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 5:28:38 PM
- re: Thank you, Vince! Great idea! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/19/2008 1:30:36 PM
- re: Europe plans asteroid sample grab (Raoul, have you seen this?) - Marsbug - 9/19/2008 10:04:24 AM
  - NASA has similar plans with OSIRIS - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 4:18:15 PM

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