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Control of a Bucket-Wheel for Surface Mining of Asteroids and Small-Bodies
Ravi teja Nallapu, Erik Asphaug, Jekan Thangavelautham
Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) are thought to contain a wealth of resources, including water, iron, titanium, nickel, platinum and silicates. Future space missions that can exploit th…
Attitude Control of the Asteroid Origins Satellite 1 (AOSAT 1)
Raviteja Nallapu, Saumil Shah, Erik Asphaug +1
Exploration of asteroids and small-bodies can provide valuable insight into the origins of the solar system, into the origins of Earth and the origins of the building blocks of lif…
Combined Thermal Control and GNC: An Enabling Technology for CubeSat Surface Probes and Small Robots
Salil Rabade, Jekan Thangavelautham
Advances in GNC, particularly from miniaturized control electronics, reaction-wheels and attitude determination sensors make it possible to design surface probes and small robots t…