Broken Plane Delta-v Calculation For Rapid Assessment of Synthetic Asteroid Targets for In-situ Resource Utilization
Abstract
We have developed a simplified mission model to estimate the quantity of deliverable water from small NEOs to distant retrograde lunar orbit (DRLO) as a function of Earth-return trip time and Δv. Our model is designed to be analytically simple, computationally efficient, and close enough to optimal to provide a realistic but conservative assessment of the relevant parameters. The challenge stems from the fact that we are not considering a mission to a specific, known target, but rather missions to the ensemble of NEOs in a synthetic population. To further simplify the analysis we treat Earth's heliocentric orbit as circular with a semi-major axis of 1 au and zero inclination.
- Publication:
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AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #48
- Pub Date:
- June 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017DDA....4820503J