Gerstenmaier Elucidates Asteroid Return Strategy

NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Bill Gerstenmaier spoke at two meetings during the week of April 15, 2013 explaining the agency’s new plan to capture an asteroid, bring it into an orbit around the Moon, and send astronauts to obtain a sample.  On April 20, 2013, SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of Gerstenmaier’s comments at those meetings.  The article also provides a SpacePolicyOnline.com analysis of the challenges the agency faces in convincing stakeholders to support the idea.