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Date T Library Title Author(s) Category(s)
2018 V L,U Asteroid Mining Mission System Concept Joel C. Sercel
  • Business plans
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • Exploration and resources / Asteroid
  • Bases, industry and manufacturing / Mining / Asteroid
  • 1995 P P Conceptual Design of the Near Earth Asteroid Returned Sample (NEARS) Mission Kusnierkiewicz, A.F.,
    Chieng, J.V..
    Vernon,S.R.
    Shoemaker, E.M.
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 2003 P N Costing and Financing a Commercial Asteroid Mining Venture Lee, Ricky J.
  • Business plans
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • Products
  • 1997 P P Decision Points Kuck, David
  • Business plans
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 2011 L,U Deep Space Habitat Concept of Operations for Transit Mission Phases Hoffman, Stephen J.
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • Life / Mobile Life Support (PLSS, LSHS)
  • 2011 L,U Human Exploration of Near-Earth Objects Accessibility Study Abell, Paul; Drake, Bret; Friedensen, Victoria; Mazanek, Dan
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 2010 L,U Human and Robotic Exploration of Near-Earth Objects Abell, Paul A.
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 2011 L,U Initial Considerations for Navigation and Flight Dynamics of a Crewed Near-Earth Object Mission Holt, Greg N.; Getchius, Joel; Tracy, William H.
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • Missions / Manned
  • 1985 P P Phobos and Deimos (PhD): Concept for an Early Human Mission for Resources and Science O'Leary, Brian T.
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 2005 P L Profitably Exploiting Near-Earth Object Resources Gerlach,
  • Business plans
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 1994 P P Resource Recovery Facilities for Earth Approaching Comets Taylor, Thomas C.
    Zuppero, Dr. Anthony C.
    McFadden, Dr. Lucy-Ann
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • Missions / Manned
  • 2011 L,U Robotic and Human Exploration of Near-Earth Objects Abell, Paul
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 1993 P P Role of Near-Earth Asteroids in the Space Exploration Initiative Davis, Donald R.
    Friedlander, Alan L.
    Jones, Thomas D.
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 1996 P P Sample Returns to Enable Asteroid Mining Willoughby, Alan J.
    Friedlander, A.
    German, D.
    Jacobs, M.
    George, Jeffrey A.
    Hack, Kurt J.
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 1997 P P The Deimos Water Company Kuck, David
  • Missions / Asteroid
  • 2011 L,U Why Atens Enjoy Enhanced Accessibility For Human Space Flight Barbee, Brent; Adamo, Daniel
  • Missions / Asteroid