How NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission Could Work | Animation A robotic mission will rendezvous with a target asteroid (referenced as '2008 EV5' in the video) and collect a boulder for later study. The spacecraft will also be used as an 'enhanced gravity tractor' that will slightly change the asteroid's trajectory. Later, a crewed mission will dock to the robotic mission to collect samples of the boulder.
Видимо на волне новостей о гравитационных волнах НАСА выдали чуть больше денег, и те снова хотят вернуться в проект LISA. Так что аппарат запустят раньше 34го года. Если конечно сенат снова хвостом не вильнет.
Как в общих чертах это себе представляли в США в начале 60х
NUCLEAR PROPULSION IN SPACE 25192 Produced by the Atomic Energy Agency and NASA, this film details Project NERVA - the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application. This was a joint program of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and NASA managed by the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (SNPO) at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station in Jackass Flats, Nevada U.S.A.