Part of NASA's new asteroid initiative would be a robotic mission to capture a roughly four to ten meter asteroid and redirect its orbit to place it in translunar space. Once in a stable storage orbit at the Moon, astronauts would then visit the asteroid for science investigations, to test in space resource extraction, and to develop experience with human deep space missions. This paper discusses the mission design techniques that would enable the redirection of a 100-1000 metric ton asteroid into lunar orbit with a 40-50 kW Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) system.
Overview of Mission Design for NASA Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission Concept
International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC2013) ; 2013 ; Washington, D. C., United States
2013-10-06
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