I know this is not about rockets and/or robots, but it is pretty cool.
On January 29, 2008, Asteroid 2007 TU24 will pass by the Earth at just 1.4 lunar distances from the Earth.
Space Daily article:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Near_Earth_Asteroid_2007_TU24_To_Pass_Close_To_Past_Earth_On_Jan_29_999.html
Cool 3D Java simulation of orbits.
(Use the Forward, Pause, etc to turn the auto simulation on…)
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2007+TU24&orb=1
The image above was captured from the simulation.
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