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Near Earth Asteroids – Prospection, Orbit Modification, Mining and Habitation

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The number of known Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) has increased continuously during the last twenty years. We now understand the role of asteroid impacts for the evolution of life on Earth (Alvarez et al. 1980). To ensure that mankind will survive as a species in the long run, we have to face the “asteroid threat” seriously.

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Grandl, W., Bazso, A. (2013). Near Earth Asteroids – Prospection, Orbit Modification, Mining and Habitation. In: Badescu, V. (eds) Asteroids. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39244-3_17

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