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wjbc t1_jd5f3fa wrote

Asteroids in the Solar System are in orbit around the Sun. The orbit may be wildly different from planets, and much more erratic, but it's still an orbit.

A better question is whether we could use asteroids for interplanetary travel. That's actually a possibility in the future, but it's beyond our present capabilities.

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Majestic_Pitch_1803 t1_jd5g5o7 wrote

True, I was kinda hoping my question encapsulated local travel too.

Don’t some pass through the solar system? And never return. Particularly at certain speeds?

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GreenAdvance t1_jd5hl8h wrote

To reach the asteroid you would have to match it's vector and speed at which point your space craft is already on an escape trajectory and doesn't need the asteroid to leave the solar system.

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Majestic_Pitch_1803 t1_jd5i5yb wrote

True however living inside the asteroid provides a source of many (all) needed materials, protection from the elements of space etc... land for farming, industry.

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blisteringmeat t1_jd5ror0 wrote

How does the inside of an asteroid have land for farming? This is one of the stupidest things I've ever come across. Protection from the elements of space? How? you've dug in to the asteroid!

Put the bong down.

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Majestic_Pitch_1803 t1_jd5s18p wrote

Aka space and access to materials that could allow for farming

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blisteringmeat t1_jd5sg0s wrote

Materials from what, the asteroid? What is this magical asteroid, that is somehow travelling exactly where you want it to be going, made of?

Using your smooth brain logic, why don't we just attach big engines to one side of the Earth and use the entire planet as a spaceship?

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bensimwiththeshot t1_jd6ak81 wrote

Yooo lmao thank you for calling this guy out. I keep scrolling and he just keeps going on and on no matter how many reasons ppl tell him his little fantasy makes absolutely no freakin sense. “You have land for farming on the inside of the asteroid”. like whattt 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

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Icy-Conclusion-3500 t1_jd5hl5t wrote

If that asteroid has enough velocity to escape orbit, the lander would have to reach that velocity as well. Basically nullifies any gains of landing on it.

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Majestic_Pitch_1803 t1_jd5iqsd wrote

I believe there being no other benefits is untrue. Such a body carries water, metals etc. Regolith, couldn’t that be used as a soil like substrate for some kind of farming? Even if not, the terrain itself could still be used to provide the space for farming, processing of materials and manufacturing tasks. Maybe the initial craft never launches with a telescope but manufactures one on-board the asteroid. Perhaps a small scale human colony? Inside the asteroid, protected from at least some radiation?

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