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Potentials of Asteroid Space Missions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. Bratenahl
A. Bratenahl*
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Abstract

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There is an important relation between the development of solar electric spacecraft and the possible inclusion within the space program of new missions devoted primarily to asteroid investigations. The notion that space missions to asteroids have a high potential to return critically needed data will be illustrated in some detail.

Type
Part III-Possible Space Missions and Future Work
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 12: Physical Studies of Minor Planets , 1971 , pp. 561 - 566
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

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