Instrumentation for Producing Groundbreaking Planetary & Astrophysical Science on an Interstellar Probe Mission
Whitepaper #248 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: exoplanets; primitive bodies; technology development
by Carey M. Lisse, Michael Zemcov, Kathleen Mandt, Kirby Runyon, Caitlin Ahrens, Chas Beichman, James Bock, Pontus Brandt, Alice Cocoros, Bruce Draine, Chester E. Harman, Mihaly Horanyi, Noam Izenberg, Rosine Lallement, Any-Chantal Levesseur-Regourd, Ralph McNutt, Andrew R. Poppe, Michael Paul, Veerle Sterken, and Jamey Szalay
Published onMar 18, 2021
Instrumentation for Producing Groundbreaking Planetary & Astrophysical Science on an Interstellar Probe Mission
Astrophysical measurements outside of 50 AU from the Sun enable transformative science that are impossible to obtain from inner system platforms. We describe a single powerful instrument that could be used to obtain these measurements as well as New Horizons-style flybys of dwarf planets & KBOs, enabling cross-divisional collaboration within NASA.
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