Primitive meteorites and asteroids. Physical, chemical and spectroscopic observations paving the way to exploration / Простейшие метеориты и астероиды. Физические, химические и спектроскопические наблюдения

Primitive Asteroids and Meteorites was born as a collaboration among members of NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) Formulation Assessment and Support Team (FAST). As such, we own a great debt of gratitude to Daniel D. Mazanek and David M. Reeves at NASA’s Langley Research Center, to Paul A. Abell at the Johnson Space Center, to Michele Gates at NASA Headquarters, and to countless others who worked in developing this mission. In many ways, ARM allowed for asteroid exploration and mining to move into the tangible realm. ARM brought together a diverse and very passionate group of scientists and engineers who have made the study of meteorites, asteroids, and how to get us there into their lives’ work.Most of the leading authors in this volume’s chapters are former members of the ARM FAST. The present work is an effort to integrate findings relevant to each of our communities to the goal of exploration, with a particular emphasis on water-rich asteroids.
While organizing and developing this book, I often found myself musing about the fact that all of my coauthors have much more experience and qualifications than I dodthat every one of their names ought to be on the cover of this volume instead of mine. My admiration and respect for their work and their commitment to space exploration has only grown through this effort. I am incredibly grateful and humbled for the opportunity that this volume gave me to learn from this extraordinary team. I would also like to thank The Pennsylvania State University, our DuBois campus, and the DuBois Educational Foundation. There was also a great deal of work behind the scenes. The proposal for this book received very many valuable comments and suggestions from three anonymous reviewers. In addition, our Acquisitions Editor Marisa LaFleur, our Editorial Project Managers Brianna Garcia and Hilary Carr, our Copyrights Coordinator Narmatha Mohan and our Publishing Services Manager Divya Krishna Kumar have worked tirelessly to guide us through the Elsevier publication process, answer all manner of questions, and keep us on track for the duration of this process. I am extremely grateful for their patience and attention to
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