ANTS (Autonomous Nano-Technology Swarm), a NASA advanced mission concept, calls for a large (1000 member) swarm of pico-class (1 kg) totally autonomous spacecraft to prospect the asteroid belt. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.
ANTS: Exploring the Solar System with an Autonomous Nanotechnology Swarm
2002-04-01
Conference paper
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English
AIAA-2004-6303 BEES for ANTS: Space Mission Applications for the Autonomous Nano Technology Swarm
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2004
|In-Space Autonomous ANTS Production Facility
AIAA | 2004
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