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PROGRAM_ID          2016B087
PROGRAM_TITLE       Spectral Measurements of Spacecraft Mission Candidates and Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
PROGRAM_INV1        Bobby Bus
PROGRAM_INV2        Alan Tokunaga
PROGRAM_INV3        Francesca DeMeo
PROGRAM_INV4        Richard Binzel
PROGRAM_INV5        David Polishook
PROGRAM_SCICAT      solar system
PROGRAM_ABSTRACT_BEG
Understanding near-Earth objects [NEOs] are a Decadal Survey priority because:

[i] their link to meteorites traces Solar System origins;

[ii] their proximity to Earth enables robotic and human mission opportunities;

[iii] they present a long-term hazard. Barely 10% of potentially hazardous and accessible [low delta-V] NEOs have physical characterization.

We prioritize our proposed SpeX observations toward reconnaissance supporting future missions, recognizing the science return is long-term. Strategically we target those objects observable now [often also radar opportunities], which are not favorable again for decades. Beyond NASA mission support, we have 6 immediate [short-term] science goals addressing Decadal Survey priority questions.
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