NEA Touch and Go Surface Sampler (TGSS)

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Jan 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000neas.work...36r&link_type=abstract

Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return Workshop, p. 36

Physics

Samplers, Asteroid Missions, Spacecraft Equipment, Cutters, Sampling, Asteroids, Comets

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The Touch and Go Surface Sampler (TGSS) is a new type of asteroid or comet sample acquisition tool (that can also be used for Mars surface sampling). TGSS in its basic configuration consists of a high-speed sampling head attached to the end of a flexible coupling/shaft. The sampling head consists of counter rotating cutters that rotate at speeds of 3000 to 15000 RPM. The most significant feature of this 'touch and go' type sampler is that sample acquisition can take place without having to 'land' on the small body or without requiring the use of ballistic type penetrators. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.

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