Astronauts would then travel to the asteroid where "there could be mining activities, research into ways of deflecting an asteroid from striking Earth and testing to develop technology for a trip to deep space and Mars, " it said.
Sinecures only serve one purpose, occupying the precious time you have on earth, time you could spend testing your limits and expanding your view of the world.
But that harshness makes Antarctica the perfect outdoor laboratory for testing theories about the relationship between the earth's climate and the creatures that live in the soil.