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Evaluating the suitability of existing electric propulsion technologies for missions such as OSIRIS-REx.

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Why is it important?

Other existing propulsion technologies show promise to cut down the round-trip time drastically and also allow for a larger cargo to be brought back.

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This page is a summary of: Evaluation of Electric Propulsion Systems for Asteroid and Comet Sample-Return Missions, July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2014-3720.
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