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NASA/TM–2016-219011 Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) Formulation Assessment and Support Team (FAST) Final Report Daniel D. Mazanek and David M. Reeves, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Paul A. Abell, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Erik Asphaug, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Neyda M. Abreu, Penn State DuBois, DuBois, Pennsylvania James F. Bell, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona William F. Bottke, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado Daniel T. Britt and Humberto Campins, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Paul W. Chodas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Carolyn M. Ernst, John Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland Marc D. Fries, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Leslie S. Gertsch, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri Daniel P. Glavin, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Christine M. Hartzell, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Amanda R. 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Britt and Humberto Campins, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Paul W. Chodas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Carolyn M. Ernst, John Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland Marc D. Fries, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Leslie S. Gertsch, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri Daniel P. Glavin, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Christine M. Hartzell, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Amanda R. Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, Niwot, Colorado Joseph A. Nuth, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Daniel J. Scheeres, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Joel C. Sercel, TransAstra Corporation, Lake View Terrace, California Driss Takir, United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics, Pasadena, California National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23681-2199 February 2016 The use of trademarks or names of manufacturers in this report is for accurate reporting and does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, of such products or manufacturers by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Available from: NASA STI Program / Mail Stop 148 NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 23681-2199 Fax: 757-864-6500 Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) Formulation Assessment and Support Team (FAST) Final Report February 2016 This Page left Intentionally Blank 1 Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 3 FAST Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 14 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Asteroid Redirect Mission Background ................................................................................................... 14 Study Request .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Membership ............................................................................................................................................ 16 FAST Responses to ARRM Project Questions .............................................................................................. 17 Origin of 2008 EV5 ................................................................................................................................... 18 Boulder Spatial and Size Distributions .................................................................................................... 21 Surface Geotechnical Properties ............................................................................................................. 30 Boulder Physical Properties ..................................................................................................................... 36 Post-Collection Boulder Handling ........................................................................................................... 45 Pre-ARCM Boulder Assessments for Crew Safety .................................................................................... 47 Containment Considerations ................................................................................................................... 48 Potential Investigations .............................................................................................................................. 51 Potential Investigation Descriptions ....................................................................................................... 52 Proposed Investigations Categorization Table ........................................................................................ 59 Summary of Public Inputs ........................................................................................................................... 64 Additional Findings ..................................................................................................................................... 72 Closing Remarks .......................................................................................................................................... 74 Appendices .................................................................................................................................................. 74 Appendix A1: Full Response on the Origin of 2008 EV5 ........................................................................... 74 Appendix A2: Phase Function Analysis .................................................................................................... 81 Appendix A3: Asteroid 2008 EV5 – spectral analysis ............................................................................... 85 Appendix A4: Disk-integrated Photometric Models of the ARM Mission Asteroid Target 2008 EV5 ...... 89 Appendix B1: Full
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