The Case for Probe-class NASA Astrophysics Missions
by Martin Elvis, Jon Arenberg, David Ballantyne, Mark Bautz, Charles Beichman, Jeffrey Booth, James Buckley, Jack O. Burns, Jordan Camp, Alberto Conti, Asantha Cooray, William Danchi, Jacques Delabrouille, Gianfranco De Zotti, Raphael Flauger, Jason Glenn, Jonathan Grindlay, Shaul Hanany, Dieter Hartmann, George Helou, Diego Herranz, Johannes Hubmayr, Bradley R. Johnson, William Jones, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Chryssa Kouvoliotou, Kerstin E. Kunze, Charles Lawrence, Joseph Lazio, Charles F. Lillie, Sarah Lipscy, Tom Maccarone, Kristin C. Madsen, Julie E. McEnery, Randall McEntaffer, Richard Mushotzky, Angela Olinto, Peter Plavchan, Levon Pogosian, Andrew Ptak, Paul Ray, Graca M. Rocha, Paul Scowen, Sara Seager, Massimo Tinto, John Tomsick, Gregory Tucker, Mel Ulmer, Yun Wang, and Edward J. Wollack
Published onSep 30, 2019
The Case for Probe-class NASA Astrophysics Missions
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Abstract
We advocate that the Astro2020 Decadal recommend a new line item for Probe-class missions be instituted in the NASA Astrophysics Division budget. The key insight from the Probes exercise is that order-of-magnitude advances in science performance are possible across the board at this cost level.
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