Mission concept is to assess the feasibility of using solar sail propulsion to enable a robotic precursor that would survey multiple Near Earth Objects (NEOs) for potential future human visits. Single spacecraft will rendezvous with and image 3 NEOs within 6 years of launch
Multiple NEO Rendezvous Using Solar Sails
Global Space Exploration Conference ; 2012 ; Washington, DC, United States
2012-05-22
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