Asteroid Re-Direct; but land it on Kerbin

[Hailedbean]

So with the use of a couple different missions I've taken an asteroid from the orbit of the sun; entered it into an LKO on an equatorial orbit; its not a perfect orbit but it'll do for easy return missions.

My next Idea is to use a ship/claw with a crap ton of parachutes and land it on Kerbin; possibly near the Launch Pad.

Any Suggestions?

The asteroid weighs in at 39.65 tons.

How many parachutes do you think I'll need?

Edited April 7, 2014 by Hailedbean

[700NitroXpress]

You need 0 parachutes because the asteroid won't break or be destroyed from impact, so you can just send it in. But if you really want to use parachutes anyway, 4 or 5 of the big blue ones should be enough.

[Hailedbean]

You need 0 parachutes because the asteroid won't break or be destroyed from impact, so you can just send it in. But if you really want to use parachutes anyway, 4 or 5 of the big blue ones should be enough.

trying to not exploit that fact

[700NitroXpress]

trying to not exploit that fact

4 or 5 large blue parachutes then.

[Hailedbean]

700NitroXpress said:

4 or 5 large blue parachutes then.

Going to design an "asteroid lander" soon; will post video of my attempt; good or bad

Not Landed yet; just video 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2017 by Hailedbean