Whitepaper #220 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: planetary defense; primitive bodies
by Michael Nolan, Patrick Michel, Flaviane C. F. Venditti, Nalin Samarasinha, Seiji Sugita, Mark E. Perry, R. Terik Daly, Richard P. Binzel, Carolina Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, Maxime Devogele, Erik Asphaug, Dylan C. Hickson, Joseph Masiero, Michael W. Busch, Timothy D. Swindle, Marina Brozovic, Tracy M. Becker, Sean E. Marshall, Anne K. Virkki, Ying Liao, Christian Drouet d'Aubigny, Hannah Kaplan, Shantanu P. Naidu, Ronald J. Vervack, Jr., Jessica Noviello, Alessondra Springmann, Paul Abell, Jian-Yang Li, Patrick A. Taylor, Benjamin Greenhagen, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín, Steven R. Chesley, Paul Abell, Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marín, Lucy F. Lim, Ellen S. Howell, Daniella DellaGiustina, Yanga R. Fernandez, and Devanshu Jha
Published onMar 18, 2021
Near-Earth Objects
An NEO research program should incorporate elements of both remote sensing and spacecraft in situ physical characterization. We need to identify and characterize targets within the NEO population for future spacecraft missions, develop technologies required to interact with these objects, and design robotic spacecraft to explore/sample NEOs.
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