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Index
Preface
I. Introduction
II. The Solar System: Complex and Overlapping
III. Breakthroughs in Asteroid Prospecting
Scouting Missions Reveal the Unseen
Arks to Carry Dozens of CubeSats
Returning a Piece of the Deep Dark
IV. Meteorites: Poor Man’s Space Probes
Three major meteorite types
Abundances of the Elements
Geochemical Affinity Classes
Meteorite Minerals
Meteorite Composition Groups
Meteorite Orbits
V. Meteorite-Asteroid Connections: NEA Sources and Fate
Spectral Types of Asteroids
Fate of NEAs
VI. Near-Earth Asteroids
NEA Orbital Classes
NEA Magnitudes and Sizes
Accessibility of NEAs
Return to Earth from NEAs
VII. Belt Asteroids
Nomenclature
Size and Mass Distribution
Orbital Population Statistics
Taxonomy of the Belt
Access to the Belt via NEAs
VIII. Asteroid Resources
Economic Drivers: Ores in NEAs
Solar Power
Sites of Demand
Economic Value of Asteroidal Resources
IX. Asteroid Mining and Processing
“Ore Bodies” on Asteroids
Landing on an Asteroid
Operating on an Asteroid
Mining
Mineral Beneficiation
Processing Into Feedstocks
Fabrication of Useful Products
Matching Sources and Demand Sites
X. The Long View
Logistics of Asteroid Mining – and Beyond
Appendix A Detailed Taxonomy of Meteorites
Appendix B - Meteorite Minerals of Resource Interest
About the Author
Footnotes
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