A Systematic Assessment of Asteroid Redirection Methods for Resource Exploitation

• This paper provides a systematic comparison of the primary asteroid redirection techniques from the perspective of resource exploitation. The goal is to examine the methods for the redirection of a near-Earth asteroid to a stable and easily accessible orbit in the Earth-moon system in order to exploit asteroid resources. The context of resource exploitation provides clear constraints on the asteroid redirection mission, and a systematic comparison can be established within this scope. This work describes each redirection method, and considers the major criteria for mission design. Moreover, a Monte Carlo analysis is performed to assess some attributes concerning the uncertainty intrinsic to asteroid redirection missions. The attributes for each redirection method are then aggregated using a multi-criteria decision making approach. Lastly, the results of the aggregation are presented and discussed.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Annan elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

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Onboard space systems

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