Assessment on the feasibility of future shepherding of asteroid resources

61st International Astronautical Congress 2010, IAC 2010

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 7648-7662

  Sanchez, J P ^a   McInnes, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID MATERIALS; EARTH ORBITS; ENERGY INVESTMENTS; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; LOW LEVEL; MATERIAL RESOURCES; MINIMUM ENERGY; NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS; NEAR-EARTH SPACES; OBJECT SIZE; ORBITAL ELEMENT; RESOURCE MAP; RESOURCE UTILISATION; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SPACE VENTURES;

EARTH (PLANET); GRAVITATION; INVESTMENTS; MOON; ORBITAL TRANSFER; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 79959410019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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