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High impact factor space R&D : ¨AIDA¨ Call For Experiment Ideas 17 December 2012
High impact factor space R&D : ¨AIDA¨ Call For Experiment Ideas 17 December 2012 pre-announcement. ESA is preparing the release early in 2013 of a Call for Experiment Ideas in relation to the ¨AIDA¨ joint asteroid impact mission concept. Both European and non-European institutions with partners in Europe will be invited to part...
Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) study09 May 2012 The Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is a joint effort of ESA, JHU/APL, NASA, OCA and DLR. The mission design foresees two independent spacecraft, one impactor (DART) and one rendezvous probe (AIM). As in the separate DART an...
Near-Earth Exploration Minimum System - NEMS15 January 2012
Near-Earth Exploration Minimum System - NEMS15 January 2012 The NEMS – Near-Earth Exploration Minimum System internal ESA study was conducted at ESA’s Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) at ESTEC, the Netherlands between March and April 2011. The short study was carried out by an interdisciplinary team participat...
