We describe the AMBITION project, a mission to return the first-ever cryogenically- stored sample of a cometary nucleus, that has been proposed for the ESA Science Programme Voyage 2050. Comets are the leftover building blocks of giant planet cores and other planetary bodies, and fingerprints of Solar System's formation pro- cesses. We...
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July 21, 2021 (v1)Journal articleUploaded on: December 4, 2022
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2022 (v1)Journal article
We describe the AMBITION project, a mission to return the first-ever cryogenically- stored sample of a cometary nucleus, that has been proposed for the ESA Science Programme Voyage 2050. Comets are the leftover building blocks of giant planet cores and other planetary bodies, and fingerprints of Solar System's formation pro- cesses. We...
Uploaded on: December 7, 2023