Near-Earth asteroid sample return missions

Sears, D.W.G.; Allen, C.; Britt, D.; Brownlee, D.E.; Cheng, A.F.; Chapman, C.R.; Clark, B.C.; Drake, B.G.; Franchi, I.G.; Gorevan, S.; Kochan, H.; Lewis, J.S.; Lindstrom, M.M.; Nishiizumi, K.; Pieters, C.M.; Race, M.S.; Scheeres, D.J.; Scott, E.R.D. and Yano, H. (2001). Near-Earth asteroid sample return missions. In: 32nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 12-16 Mar 2001, Houston, Texas, USA.

URL: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2001/pdf/1891...

Abstract

The rate of discovery of new NEAs and the success of D-S 1 and NEAR-Shoemaker, suggest that sample return from NEAs is now technically feasible. Here we present a summary of a recent workshop on the topic.

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