This RFI response is targeting Area 5. Crew Systems for Asteroid Exploration: concepts for lightweight and low volume robotic and extra-vehicular activity (EVA) systems, such as space suits, tools, translation aids, stowage containers, and other equipment.The NASA KSC Surface Systems Office, Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations (GMRO) Lab and the Electrostatics Surface Physics Lab (ESPL) are dedicated to developing technologies for operating in regolith environments on target body surfaces. We have identified two technologies in our current portfolio that are highly relevant and useful for crews that will visit a re-directed asteroid in Cis-Lunar Space. Both technologies are at a high TRL of 56 and could be rapidly implemented in time for an ARM mission in this decade.


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    Title :

    Tools for Asteroid Regolith Operations


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Asteroid Initiative Idea Synthesis Workshop ; 2013 ; Houston, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2013-11-20


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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