2016/12/02 by A. L. Graps, Philippe Blondel, Graps, Amara L. +61
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) #FOS: Physical sciences #Planetary Science and Exploration #Space Satellite Systems and Control
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1612.00709
openalex publication_date 2016/12/02 · openalex created_date 2022/08/31 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The aim of the Asteroid Science Intersections with In-Space Mine Engineering\n(ASIME) 2016 conference on September 21-22, 2016 in Luxembourg City was to\nprovide an environment for the detailed discussion of the specific properties\nof asteroids, with the engineering needs of space missions that utilize\nasteroids.\n The ASIME 2016 Conference produced a layered record of discussions from the\nasteroid scientists and the asteroid miners to understand each other's key\nconcerns and to address key scientific questions from the asteroid mining\ncompanies: Planetary Resources, Deep Space Industries and TransAstra. These\nQuestions were the focus of the two day conference, were addressed by\nscientists inside and outside of the ASIME Conference and are the focus of this\nWhite Paper.\n The Questions from the asteroid mining companies have been sorted into the\nthree asteroid science themes: 1) survey, 2) surface and 3) subsurface and 4)\nOther. The answers to those Questions have been provided by the scientists with\ntheir conference presentations or edited directly into an early open-access\ncollaborative Google document (August 2016-October 2016), or inserted by A.\nGraps using additional reference materials. During the ASIME 2016 last\ntwo-hours, the scientists turned the Questions from the Asteroid Miners around\nby presenting their own key concerns: Questions from the Asteroid Scientists .\nThese answers in this White Paper will point to the Science Knowledge Gaps\n(SKGs) for advancing the asteroid in-space resource utilisation domain.\n