[gansai]

Understood that scientists would be able to break asteroid into pieces using many ways. I guess what they could take advantage of this asteroid is to put a drone or some sensor material on asteroid so that it would help space scientists for space research. Its almost like unmanned space mission, just put a drone-sensor on asteroid. It goes with the asteroid and sends down information which might be helpful. Any space scientists here in hackernews? What do you say? Would it be possible and beneficial?

[Caprinicus]

I'm not sure there is a huge amount to be learned from asteroids unless we plan on bringing stuff back with us. We are certainly going to try to do that, and we have also landed a thing on a comet obviously which will teach us much more.