dont-worry-about-asteroids
Mission objectives: Characterize the composition of the asteroid, Identify any resources and assess their potential for extraction, Exploration of a Near-Earth Asteroid, Redirect the asteroid-capture techniques that may be suitable for other missions (like potentially hazardous asteroids or large uncontrollable space debris). NEA missions could demonstrate the following core capabilities: <ol><li>Space Launch System (Maglev)</li><li>Solar Electric Propulsion System (Vasimr)</li> <li>Mining Asteroids for resources</li> </ol>This project is solving the Create Your Own Asteroid Mission challenge. Description
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