Economic assessment of high-thrust and solar-sail propulsion for near-earth asteroid mining
Merel Vergaaij, Colin R. McInnes, Matteo Ceriotti
Topics & Concepts
Geostationary orbitAerospace engineeringPropellantAsteroidTrajectorySolar sailSpacecraftPropulsionComputer scienceIon thrusterThrustNASA Deep Space NetworkGeocentric orbitSatelliteAstrobiologyEnvironmental scienceEngineeringPhysicsAstronomyAstro and Planetary ScienceSpacecraft Dynamics and ControlSpace Satellite Systems and Control