Multiple Asteroid Retrieval Mission

In this thesis, the possibility of enabling space-mining for the upcoming decade is explored. Making use of recently-proven reusable rockets, we envision a fleet of spacecraft capable of reaching Near-Earth asteroids. To analyze this idea, the goal of this problem is to maximize the asteroid mass re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gargioni, Gustavo
Other Authors: Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Tech 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/98838