In this hardware project, the students developed ideas for attaching objects to the surface of small moons or asteroids. A device was designed, and built in the university machine shop, that uses a projectile shot into concrete, thereby attaching a model spacecraft to the landing site.


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    Title :

    Planetary and asteroid missions. Getting there: Anchoring spacecraft to asteroids


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    Publication date :

    1993-06-26


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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