The technical and economic feasibility of mining the near-earth asteroids

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 41, Issue 4-10, 1997, Pages 637-647

  Sonter, M J ^a  

^a Asteroid Enterprises Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; ORBITS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ASTEROID MINING; LOW EARTH ORBITS; NEAR EARTH ASTEROIDS; NET PRESENT VALUE; SOLAR THERMAL ROCKET PROPULSIONS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0031200423     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(98)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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