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Asteroid could be NASA's new target

Here we are, nearly eight years into the 21st century, and the most spectacular manned mission NASA can pull off is a trip to the International Space Station, a mere 210 miles above the Earth. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_space?a=lnirnn"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_space?i=lnirnn" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=ZV3W4OB"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=ZV3W4OB" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=KQ6TRnB"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=KQ6TRnB" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=nvEhIOb"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=nvEhIOb" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=MN8TW1B"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=MN8TW1B" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=icltkGb"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=icltkGb" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_space/~4/183612727" height="1" width="1"/>