The 2007 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Undergraduate Team Space Design Competition, basically an American design competition resulting in a 50-100 page reports from various teams, will focus on a mineral assay of an asteroid, specifically on Apophis.
Abstract:
"An internet billionaire has offered a prize of $250 million and a share of any profits to the first team that makes a mineral assay of an asteroid, or asteroids. NASA has also agreed to contribute $250 million for the information in the assay if the asteroid chosen is Apophis. Your mission is to design a mission that will fly to Apophis, conduct an assay and scientific characterization of the asteroid, return the information to Earth, and do it for under a total cost of $500 million, including launcher. The mission includes a conceptual design of the spacecraft and payload, selection of a launch vehicle, and description of the mission plan."
Link to AIAA Undergraduate Team Space Design Competition
Link to Request for Proposal (RFP)
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