Synergies of Robotic Asteroid Redirection Technologies and Human Space Exploration

摘要: This paper summarizes the results of a 2014 KISS workshop that identified wide variety ways technologies (and their near-term derivatives) developed for proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) would beneficially impact Nation’s space interests including: human missions to Mars and its moons, planetary defense, orbital debris removal, robotic deep-space science missions, commercial communication satellites, asteroid resource utilization missions. applicability retrieval technology is, in many ways, is just as surprising was initial finding about feasibility ARM. The current concept consists two major parts: development an advanced Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) capability near-Earth asteroid. improvement SEP required by ARM provides extensible path support Mars, applicable all defense techniques, could reduce time LEO-to-GEO transfer large or military enable new deep affordable removal objects. part greatly improve understanding structure rubble-pile asteroids necessary evaluate effectiveness primary deflection demonstrate at least one secondary technique, accelerate use material resources obtained further exploration exploitation, science.