Asteroid and Comet Rendezvous Missions Using Low-thrust Nuclear Electric Propulsions

摘要

It is substantiated that the minor bodies of the Solar system - first of all the asteroids of the Main asteroidal belt - must be taken as major objectives of the Solar system fights. These asteroids may contain the relic matter preserved since the tie of Solar system Origin and may enrich our empirical knowledge of its origin and evolution. Valid for The Main asteroidal belt rendezvous flight nuclear electro-rocket spacecraft, developed In Russia, is proposed.