Peer-Reviewed Articles
P70. Sears, D. W. G.; Allen,
C. C.; Britt, D. T.; Brownlee, D. E.; Cheng, A. F.; Chapman, C. R.; Clark, B.
C.; Drake, B. G.; Fevig, R. A.; Franchi, I. A.; Fujiwara, A.; Gorevan, S. P.;
Kochan, H.; Lewis, J. S.; Lindstrom, M. M.; Nishiizumi, K.; Race, M. S.;
Scheeres, D. J.; Scott, E. R. D.; Taylor, G. J.; Yano, H. (2002) Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return. In The Future of Solar System
Exploration (2003-2013) -- Community Contributions to the NRC Solar System
Exploration Decadal Survey. ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 272. Edited by
Mark V. Sykes. San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2002, pp.
111-140.
143. Sears, Derek;
Allen, Carl; Britt, Dan; Brownlee, Don; Franzen, Melissa; Gefert, Leon;
Gorovan, Stephen; Pieters, Carle; Preble, Jeffrey; Scheeres, Dan; Scott, Ed
(2004) The Hera mission: multiple
near-earth asteroid sample return.
Advances in Space Research, Volume 34, Issue 11, p. 2270-2275.
145. Sears, D. W. G.;
Allen, C. C.; Bell, M. S.; Bogard, D.; Britt, D.; Brownlee, D. E.; Chapman, C.;
Clark, B. C.; Dissley, R.; Franzen, M. A.; Goldstein, J.; Nishiizumi, K.;
Nyquist, L.; Pieters, C. M.; Scheeres, D.; Scott, E. R. D.; Treiman, A. (2004) The Hera near-Earth asteroid sample
return mission: science requirements of the sample collector. Advances in Space Research, Volume 34,
Issue 11, p. 2276-2280.
Abstracts
and Extended Abstracts
A165. Sears D. W. G. (1998) The
case for asteroid sample return. Meteorit.
Planet. Sci. 33, A140-A141.
A166. Sears D. W. G. (1998) The
case for asteroid sample return. Bul.
Amer. Astron. Soc. 30, 1041.
A172. Sears D. W. G. (1999)
Multiple asteroid sample return:
The next step. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXX, CD-ROM #1432.
A186. Sears D. W. G., Brownlee D. D., Pieters C. M., Lindstrom M. L., Britt
D., Clark B. C., Gefert L., Gorevan S. and Preble J. (2000) Hera: Multiple near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 32,
#26.10.
A186a Sears, D. W. G.; Brownlee, D. D.;
Pieters, C.; Lindstrom, M.; Britt, D.; Clark, B. C.; Gefert, L.; Gorevan, S.;
Preble, J. C. (2000) A Multiple Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return Mission
Called Hera. Meteoritics &
Planetary Science, vol. 35, Supplement, p.A145
A187. Sears D. W. G., Pieters C.
M., Brownlee D. E., Lindstrom M. M. and Britt D. (2000). The case for near-Earth sample
return. Near-Earth Asteroid
Sample Return Workshop. Lunar
and Planetary Institute Publication 1073.
A191. Britt D. T., Sears D. W. G. and Cheng A. F.
(2001) Asteroid sample
return: 433 Eros as an example of
sample site selection. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 36, A30
A193. Sears D. W. G., Gefert L. and Scheeres, D. J. (2001) Asteroid
constraints on multiple near-Earth asteroid sample return. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 36,
A186.
A194. Sears D. W. G., Allen
C., Britt D., Brownlee D. E., Cheng A. F., Chapman C. R., Clark B. C., Drake B.
G., Franchi I. A., Gorevan S., Kochan H., Lewis J. S., Lindstrom M. M.,
Nishiizumi K., Pieters C. M., Race M. S., Scheeres D. J., Scott E. R. D., Yano
H. (2001). Near-Earth asteroid sample return missions. Lunar Planet. Sci.
XXXII, CD-ROM #1891.
A195. Sears D. W. G., Allen C., Britt D., Brownlee D. E., Cheng A. F., Chapman C.
R., Clark B. C., Drake B. G., Franchi I. A., Fujiwara A., Gorevan S., Kochan
H., Lewis J. S., Lindstrom M. M., Nishiizumi K., Race M. S., Scheeres D. J.,
Scott E. R. D., Yano H. (2001)
Near-Earth asteroid sample return – A community panel report for the NRC
decadal study. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 33, 1054.
A197. Sears, D., Pieters,
C., Britt, D., Scheeres, D., Gefert, L., Gorevan, S., Preble, J. (2001)
Life after NEAR. Eos Trans.
AGU, 82 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P32B-0550.
A206. Sears D.W.G., Franzen M., Bartlett P.W., Kong
K.Y., Preble J., DiPalma J., Benoit P.H., and Kareev M. (2002) The Hera
mission: Laboratory and
microgravity tests of the Honeybee Robotics touch-and-go sampler. 33rd Lunar and Planetary
Science Conference, Houston, TX, Abstract #1583, Lunar and Planetary Institute
(CD-ROM).
A211. Franzen, M. A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2003). The Hera Near-Earth Asteroid Sample
Return Mission: An Overview. 34th
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, Abstract #1032, Lunar and
Planetary Institute (CD-ROM).
A216. Sears, D. W. G.; Scheeres, D. J.; Binzel, R. P.
(2003) The HERA Multiple
Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return Mission: Selection of the Target
Asteroids. 34th Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, Abstract #1047, Lunar and Planetary
Institute (CD-ROM).
A219. Franzen, M. A.; Preble, J.; Schoenoff, M.; Halona, K.; Long, T. E.; Park, T.; Sears, D. W. G. (2004a) Microgravity Testing of a Surface Sampling System for Sample Return from Small Solar System Bodies. 35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-19, 2004, League City, Texas, abstract no.1716
A220. Franzen, M. A.; Sears, D. W. G.; Roe, L.;
Buffington, J.; Venechuk, E.; Azouggagh-McBride, S. (2004) The Hera TGIP Sample Collector. American Astronomical Society, DPS
meeting #36, #14.03
A224. Azouggagh-McBride, S.; Roe, L. A.; Franzen, M.
A.; Buffington, J. A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2005) Simulation of Recovery Impacts for the Prototype Hera
Asteroid Sample Collector. 36th
Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League
City, Texas, abstract no.1464
A225. Buffington, J. A.; Franzen, M. A.;
Azouggagh-McBride, S.; Roe, L. A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2005) Simulation of Extraterrestrial Sample
Acquisition. 36th Annual Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas,
abstract no.1452
A236. Venechuk, E. M.; Franzen, M.
A.; Sears, D. W. G. (2005)
Radiation Resistance of a Silicone Polymer Grease Based Regolith
Collector for the HERA Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return Mission. 36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science
Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas, abstract no.1492