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ASIME 2016 White Paper: In-Space Utilisation of Asteroids: 'Answers to Questions from the Asteroid Miners'

Authors :
Graps, Amara L.
Blondel, Philippe
Bonin, Grant
Britt, Daniel
Centuori, Simone
Delbo, Marco
Drube, Line
Duffard, Rene
Elvis, Martin
Faber, Daniel
Frank, Elizabeth
Galache, JL
Green, Simon F.
Grundmann, Jan Thimo
Hsieh, Henry
Kereszturi, Akos
Laine, Pauli
Levasseur-Regourd, Anny-Chantal
Maier, Philipp
Metzger, Philip
Michel, Patrick
Mueller, Migo
Mueller, Thomas
Murdoch, Naomi
Parker, Alex
Pravec, Petr
Reddy, Vishnu
Sercel, Joel
Rivkin, Andy
Snodgrass, Colin
Tanga, Paolo
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

The aim of the Asteroid Science Intersections with In-Space Mine Engineering (ASIME) 2016 conference on September 21-22, 2016 in Luxembourg City was to provide an environment for the detailed discussion of the specific properties of asteroids, with the engineering needs of space missions that utilize asteroids. The ASIME 2016 Conference produced a layered record of discussions from the asteroid scientists and the asteroid miners to understand each other's key concerns and to address key scientific questions from the asteroid mining companies: Planetary Resources, Deep Space Industries and TransAstra. These Questions were the focus of the two day conference, were addressed by scientists inside and outside of the ASIME Conference and are the focus of this White Paper. The Questions from the asteroid mining companies have been sorted into the three asteroid science themes: 1) survey, 2) surface and 3) subsurface and 4) Other. The answers to those Questions have been provided by the scientists with their conference presentations or edited directly into an early open-access collaborative Google document (August 2016-October 2016), or inserted by A. Graps using additional reference materials. During the ASIME 2016 last two-hours, the scientists turned the Questions from the Asteroid Miners around by presenting their own key concerns: Questions from the Asteroid Scientists . These answers in this White Paper will point to the Science Knowledge Gaps (SKGs) for advancing the asteroid in-space resource utilisation domain.<br />Comment: 81 pages, 18 figures. White Paper from the Asteroid Science Intersections with In-Space Mine Engineering (ASIME) 2016 conference on September 21-22, 2016 in Luxembourg City

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1612.00709
Document Type :
Working Paper