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October 26, 2015

NASA Calls for American Industry Ideas on ARM Spacecraft Development
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2015
NASA, through its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has issued a callo American industry for innovative ideas on how the agency could obtain a core advanced solar electric propulsion-based spacecraft to support the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM). Part of NASA's overall Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), this mission will use a number of important technologies to prepare for an early human exploration mission in deep space - specifically, the area around the moon known as c ... read more

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