Can you land an asteroid?
I did it. I "docked" with an asteroid using the "Klaw" and changed it's orbit. Now it has a non-escape trajectory. But now I'm wondering... can I de-orbit it and land it safely on Kerbin?
If I dock a ship with a lot of parachutes, could I land on an asteroid and bring it back to Kerbin and the chutes should be able to stop it, right?
I read here that they can burn up or de-spawn in atmosphere so I want to know if anyone has done it...
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Can you jump off an asteroid?
No, not by jumping. Jumping gives you an acceleration only from the location on the surface. As soon as you leave the surface, you have no way of adjusting your orbit. Either you reach escape velocity, or you will return to your initial location after exactly one orbit.Can we survive an asteroid?
Nothing would survive, not even bacteria.\u201d An asteroid is a body of rock that orbits the Sun. Within and nearby our solar system, more than 10 trillion asteroids and comets orbit in the cold silence of space. Most asteroids in our solar system are found in the main asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter.What happens if an asteroid hits land?
If the asteroid hits on land, there would be a huge amount of dust thrown up into the atmosphere. If it hits in water, then there would be an increase in water vapor in the atmosphere. This would result in an increase in rain resulting in landslides and mudslides.What If You Lived on an Asteroid?
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