Publication Date:
2019-08-14
Description:
Over the past several years, much attention has been focused on the human exploration of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Two independent NASA studies examined the feasibility of sending piloted missions to NEAs [1, 2], and in 2009, the Augustine Commission identified NEAs as high profile destinations for human exploration missions beyond the Earth-Moon system [3]. More recently the current U.S. presidential administration directed NASA to include NEAs as destinations for future human exploration with the goal of sending astronauts to a NEA in the mid to late 2020s. This directive became part of the official National Space Policy of the United States of America as of June 28, 2010 [4]. Detailed planning for such deep space exploration missions and identifying potential NEAs as targets for human spaceflight requires selecting objects from the ever growing list of newly discovered NEAs. Hence NASA developed and implemented the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Human Space Flight (HSF) Accessible Target Study (NHATS), which identifies potential candidate objects on the basis of defined dynamical trajectory performance constraints.
Keywords:
Space Sciences (General)
Type:
JSC-CN-25613
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GSFC.ABS.6317.2012
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JSC-CN-27098
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Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting 2012; Oct 14, 2012 - Oct 19, 2012; Reno, NV; United States|43rd Lunar aud Plauetary Science Conference; Mar 19, 2012 - Mar 23, 2012; The Woodlands, TX; United States
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application/pdf
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