This paper summarizes material developed over a three-month period by a JPL team of mission architects/analysis and advanced technology developers for presentation to NASA Headquarters on the summer of 1998.
Selection note: Curated as a JPL mission-architecture snapshot for an interstellar precursor, useful for tracing how science objectives, analysis, and advanced-technology planning were combined.
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mission-architecture
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Authors
Wallace, R.
Year
1999
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This paper summarizes material developed over a three-month period by a JPL team of mission architects/analysis and advanced technology developers for presentation to NASA Headquarters on the summer of 1998.
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