Objective

• Perform Technical & Economic Analysis of Tether Transport Systems
• Identify Technology Needs
• Develop Conceptual Design Solutions
• Prepare for Technology Development Efforts and Flight Experiments to Demonstrate Tether Transport Technology

Reference

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• Asteroid Retrieval Feasibility Study, 2012, Keck Inst.

• SpaceFab.us, exponential growth in manufacturing

• Asteroid mining with small spacecraft and its economic feasibility, Fr, UK, Aug 2018

• How Asteroid Mining Could Work (Infographic)

• In-Situ Resource Utilization, NASA
• Economic Pathways to Space Mining, Philip Metzger, UCF
• SpaceResources // Luxembourg