TY - JOUR
T1 - Adventures in near-Earth object exploration
AU - Asphaug, Erik
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/6/2
Y1 - 2006/6/2
N2 - Asteroids, because of the hazard they pose to Earth, are compelling targets for robotic and human space exploration. Yet because of their exotic low-gravity environment, simply landing on an asteroid appears to be much more challenging than we had appreciated 5 or 10 years ago. Thanks to a bold new mission from Japan that has made the first asteroid sample return attempt, this goal is now within our reach.
AB - Asteroids, because of the hazard they pose to Earth, are compelling targets for robotic and human space exploration. Yet because of their exotic low-gravity environment, simply landing on an asteroid appears to be much more challenging than we had appreciated 5 or 10 years ago. Thanks to a bold new mission from Japan that has made the first asteroid sample return attempt, this goal is now within our reach.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.1128496
DO - 10.1126/science.1128496
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16741106
AN - SCOPUS:33744788380
VL - 312
SP - 1328
EP - 1329
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 5778
ER -