Scientific exploration of near-Earth objects via the orion crew exploration vehicle

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1825-1836

  Abell, Paul A ^a,b   Korsmeyer, David J ^c   Landis, Rob R ^c   Jones, Thomas D ^d   Adamo, Daniel R ^e   Morrison, David D ^c   Lemke, Lawrence G ^c   Gonzales, Andrew A ^c   Gershman, Robert ^f   Sweetser, Theodore H ^f   Johnson, Lindley L ^g   Lu, Ed ^h  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d University Space Research Association   (United States)

^e Trajectory Consultant   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^h GOOGLE INC   (United States)

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EID: 77950326947     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01991.x     Document Type: Article

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