Tag: Asteroid

Free Download Massimiliano Vasile and Edmondo Minisci, "Asteroid and Space Debris Manipulation "
English | ISBN: 1624103235 | 2016 | 540 pages | PDF | 44 MB
Asteroid and Space Debris Manipulation features material initially developed for lectures presented at the opening school of Stardust, a training and research network devoted to developing and mastering techniques for asteroid and space debris monitoring, removal/deflection, and exploitation. The book covers a range of topics and disciplines developed within Stardust and provides a mixture of fundamental material, practical applications, and examples of key enabling technologies for the future.

Free Download Bennu 3-D
by Lauretta, Dante S.;May, Brian;Bennett, Carina A.;Coles, Kenneth S.;Manzoni, Claudia;Wolner, Catherine W. V.;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0816551766 | 214 pages | True PDF | 39.82 MB
Bennu, named for the ancient Egyptian phoenix, was the chosen destination of OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s premier mission of asteroid exploration, launched in 2016. Study of the asteroid is important in safeguarding the future of planet Earth, but Bennu is also a time capsule from the dawn of our Solar System, holding secrets over four-and-a-half billion years old about the origin of life and Earth as a habitable planet.