To Pluto by way of a postage stamp

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Oct 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994plr....14e...4s&link_type=abstract

Planetary Report (ISSN 0736-3680), vol. 14, no. 5, p. 4-11

Economy

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Budgeting, Costs, Economy, Mission Planning, Pluto (Planet), Space Exploration, Spacecraft Design, Experiment Design, Operations Research, Payloads, Planetary Composition, Structural Weight, Weight Reduction

Scientific paper

In this time of constrained budgets, the primary question facing planetary explorers is not 'Can we do it?' but 'Can we do it cheaply?' Taunted by words on a postage stamp, a group of mission designers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is struggling to find a cheap way to go to Pluto. Three primary goals were set by the science community: (1) imaging of Pluto and Charon, (2) mapping their surface composition, and (3) characterizing Pluto's atmosphere. The spacecraft will be designed around these primary goals. With the help of the Advanced Technology Insertion (ATI) process $5 million was alloted for two years to shop for lightweight components and subsystems using new technology never tried on a planetary mission. The process for this search and development is described.

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