By analyzing the boulders we'll be able to learn more about what's inside of Eros. Over the next several months we'll see all of this in ten times better resolution. That's because NEAR will drop into a lower orbit to get a better view. The end of NEAR's mission, a year from now, could be an exciting final rendezvous. Scientists are considering the possibility of a landing on the asteroid.
Landing is a possibility.
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