To bring together engineers, scientists, researchers from the industry, Research Institutes, Universities, space Agencies working on the development or the use of GNC systems for small body missions and to share their experience obtained in development, implementation and operational use.
To provide an international forum to discuss GNC techniques and technology involved in missions to asteroids or comets.
To identify common approaches and/or differences between techniques and technologies employed in different industries or agencies and to understand the reasons lying behind the potential differences.
To identify technological gaps where new solutions need to be developed – or where existing ones need to be extended – and to bring together the people to foster such initiatives.
To prepare the way and feed forward the development of future small-body missions so as to maximize the chances of success of missions such as Marco Polo.
