Study Presentations, Papers and Media
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Asteroid Return Mission Study
Presentations, Papers and Media
Study Final Report (April 2, 2012)
NOTE: This study was sponsored by the Keck Institute for Space Studies which is funded by a grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, a private foundation that supports pioneering discoveries in science, engineering and medical research.
Papers
D. Landau,
J. Dankanich,
N.Strange,
J.Bellerose,
P.Llanos,
M.Tantardini
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"Trajectories to nab a NEA (Near-Earth Asteroid)". NASA/Caltech-JPL and NASA/GRC, 4 February 2013, AAS 13-409
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Presentations:
Media associated with the study:
- April 20, 2013 Cleveland: NASA's proposed asteroid-snaring mission would ride on Glenn ion engines (video)
- April 9, 2013 New York Times: Weekly
- January 5, 2013 Youtube: NASA To Drag Asteroid To The Moon!?!
- January 3, 2013 gizmag: NASA considers putting an asteroid into orbit around the Moon
- January 2, 2013 NewScientist: NASA mulls plan to drag asteroid into moon's orbit
- January 2, 2013 Mother Nature Network: Is NASA lost in space or aimed at asteroids?
- December 23, 2012 The Australian: Plans to harness a deep space staging post before NASA's funding committee
- December 23, 2012 MailOnline: Revealed: Nasa plan to 'lasso' asteroid the size of two buses and turn it into a 'space station' to orbit the moon
- December 19, 2012 SpacePolicyOnline: Bolden: Don't Have to Travel Far to Asteroid to Meet President's Goal
- December 17, 2012 Aviation Week & Space Technology: 'Bring the Mountain...' Asteroid retrieval may preceed a visit to one
- August 19, 2012 Slate: So You're Going to Mine Asteroids? Oh, Really.
- June 20, 2012 Popular Mechanics: Why NASA Should Nab an Asteroid
- May, 2012 Aerospace America: Snaring A Piece of the Sky (pdf)
- May 2, 2012 Sri Lanka Guardian: Mining Asteroids - Possibilities and Challenges
- April 30, 2012 The Space Review: Planetary Resources believes asteroid mining has come of age
- April 28, 2012 The Economist: Mining asteroids: Going platinum
- April 25, 2012 Bloomberg: Asteroid Mining Now Feasible (video)
- April 25, 2012 NDTV: US Firm Unveils Bold Plans to Mine Asteroids for Precious Minerals and Water
- April 24, 2012 Ars Technica: Planetary Resources set to begin hunt for asteroids to mine in 18-24 months
- April 24, 2012 Los Angeles Times: Firm Has Its Sights Set on Mining Asteroids
- April 24, 2012 Sky and Telescope: Asteroid Mining for Fun and Profit
- April 24, 2012 CNET News: Asteroid Mining: Land Grab in Space
- April 24, 2012 SPACE.com: Is Asteroid Mining Possible? Study Says Yes, for $2.6 Billion
- April 23, 2012 SpaceRef: Asteroid Retrieval Feasibility Study
- April 23, 2012 Wired Science:Tech Billionaires Plan Audacious Mission to Mine Asteroids
- April 23, 2012 SPACE.com: Asteroid Mining Venture Backed by Google Execs, James Cameron Unveiled and How Asteroid Mining Could Work (Infographic)
- April 23, 2012 CBC News: Space Mining Colonies the Goal for California Start-Up
- April 23, 2012 Smithsonian: To the Asteroids and Beyond
- April 23, 2012 Wall Street Journal: A Quixotic Quest to Mine Asteroids
- April 21, 2012 The National Space Society of Phoenix: Asteroid Retrieval Feasibility Study
- April 20, 2012 ars technica: Asteroid Takeout - A One-Billionaire Mission to Bring an Asteroid to Earth by 2025
- April 19, 2012 Parabolic Arc: New Study Says Asteroid Retrieval and Mining Feasible With Existing and Near-Term Technologies
- April 02, 2012 Havard International Review: After Apollo
- October 5, 2011 Wired Science: The Plan to Bring an Asteroid to Earth
For questions contact: Fred Culcik, John Brophy, Louis Friedman or Michele Judd
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