And for those who can only wait about two years from now

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Socrates II — 12/15/2008 2:03:42 AM (archived)

Hayabusa will return to Earth. It may or may not have samples of Itokawa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa

EPOXI (formerly Deep Impact) will flyby Comet Hartley 2 in October of 2010

Had the astronomers been able to find Comet Boethin, we would have had a
flyby of that ice ball on December 5.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPOXI

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2011 ushers in banner years for planetary science - sawyer - 12/14/2008 4:54:59 PM
- re: 2011 ushers in banner years for planetary science - Jacob - 12/14/2008 10:03:17 PM
  - And for those who can only wait about two years from now - Socrates II - 12/15/2008 2:03:42 AM
    - I still say it contains at least a few nanograms of asteroid dust. - Jacob - 12/15/2008 10:25:59 PM

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