The Planetary Observer Program

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Aug 1984

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British Interplanetary Society, Journal (Solar System Exploration) (ISSN 0007-084X), vol. 37, Aug. 1984, p. 355-360. NASA-suppor

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Cost Analysis, Mission Planning, Nasa Programs, Solar System, Space Exploration, Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby Mission, Comets, Flyby Missions, Hardware, Mars Observer, Planetary Geology, Remote Sensing, Spacecraft Design

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An overview is presented of NASA's plans for the Planetary Observer Program, whose key element is to control the cost of each mission while establishing a long-term, stable base for the planetary sciences. The SSEC (Solar System Exploration Committee) has endorsed the view that many high science priority inner solar system missions are possible through the use of spacecraft derived from existing earth-orbital spacecraft. It has also recommended the application of space hardware such as that used on the Voyager and Galileo missions, development of both a new modular spacecraft for outer planet, comet, and main-belt asteroid missions (Mariner Mark II Program), and a multi-mission operations system to support future missions after the Venus Radar Mapper (VRM), and Galileo. A set of missions for the SSEC's Core Program has been recommended; they include: the VRM, the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Observer, the Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Flyby, the Lunar Geoscience Orbiter, the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous, the Venus Atmosphere Probe, the Mars Aeronomy Orbiter, the Mars Surface Probe, and the Comet Intercept Sample Return.

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