Into the beyond: A crewed mission to a near-Earth object

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 63, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 213-220

  Korsmeyer, David J ^a   Landis, Rob R ^b   Abell, Paul A ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); NASA; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

CREW EXPLORATION; DEEP-SPACE OPERATIONS; NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS (NEO);

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 44449156235     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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