The findings, which have never been reported before, may be helpful in protecting orbiting telecommunication and navigational satellites, and possibly future astronauts, by helping to more accurately predict space conditions near Earth, as well as around more remote planets. (sciencedaily.com)
In 1980, Andy led the Minor Planet Group as part of the then Terrestrial Planets Section before in 1984 becoming the founding director of the Minor Planets Section, later to become the Asteroids and Remote Planets Section. (britastro.org)
The exploring element is great, and it reminded me of an old PC game, Frontier, where you played the role of a guy who basically freelanced in space (The closest comparable game is Microsoft's Freelancer) and explored worlds, made deliveries, mines remote planets and such. (thatvideogameblog.com)