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Architecture for an Asteroid-Mining Spacecraft
Book chapter

Architecture for an Asteroid-Mining Spacecraft

Haym Benaroya
Asteroids, pp.403-413
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
08/01/2013

Abstract

Mining Operation Near Earth Asteroid Near Earth Object Solar Sail Tetrahedral Element
The purpose of this chapter is to propose a spacecraft concept that may be a good generic framework for operations on a variety of asteroid types, shapes and sizes, that can be performed in a straightforward way, regardless of whether mining operations are performed on-site or the body is moved into orbit about, say, the Moon.

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