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NASA NTRS · 20120015033

Multiple NEO Rendezvous Using Solar Sails

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Mission concept is to assess the feasibility of using solar sail propulsion to enable a robotic precursor that would survey multiple Near Earth Objects (NEOs) for potential future human visits. Single spacecraft will rendezvous with and image 3 NEOs within 6 years of launch

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Johnson, Les, Alexander, Leslie, Fabisinski, Leo, Heaton, Andy, Miernik, Janie, Stough, Rob, Wright, Roosevelt, Young, Roy. 2012-05-22. Multiple NEO Rendezvous Using Solar Sails. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20120015033

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