A low-cost reconnaissance mission concept has been devised of Earth’s ‘New Moon’, the recently discovered Earth orbital companion asteroid 2016HO3. 2016HO3 provides a compelling destination to address science, economic, and asteroid protection objectives and could serve to influence the future direction of human exploration in cis-lunar space by offering an additional destination for human exploration and utilization. Key enabling technologies, solar sail propulsion, thin film power generation and telecommunications capabilities, and small spacecraft technology have reached a development milestone enabling an affordable reconnaissance mission. Leveraging the solar sail technology and mission expertise resident at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) resulting from the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) funded Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout mission, and combining this with the science and instrument expertise at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), a 12U scale small spacecraft mission can characterize 2016HO3. Spin rate, pole position, shape, structure, mass, density, chemical composition, temperature, thermal inertia, regolith characteristics, and spectral type can be determined using a small, CubeSat form factor within a three year time of flight. This paper outlines the outcome of a concept study for the New Moon Explorer (NME), a solar sail propelled reconnaissance mission of 2016HO3.


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    Titel :

    New Moon Explorer Robotic Precursor Mission Concept


    Beteiligte:
    Dervan, Jared A. (Autor:in) / Johnson, Les (Autor:in) / McNutt, Leslie (Autor:in) / Few, Alexander (Autor:in) / Heaton, Andrew (Autor:in) / Carr, John (Autor:in) / Boyd, Darren (Autor:in) / Nuth, Joseph (Autor:in) / Turse, Dana (Autor:in) / Zucherman, Aaron (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AIAA Space Forum ; 2018 ; Orlando, FL, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2018-09-17


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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