What are the best target Near Earth Asteroids for a sample collection mission? Can we collect samples in orbit generated by a small kinetic impactor? To know more, check out the latest paper in Acta Astronautica by our Mirko Trisolini, Camilla Colombo and Yuichi Tsuda. The highlights of the paper are:
- A novel mission concept for in-orbit sample collection at asteroids
- Identification and analysis of collection strategies
- Ranking of most suitable targets among Near-Earth Asteroids
- Preliminary mission risk assessment from particle impacts
The paper is available with free access at https://bit.ly/mtacta