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Titan Orbiter Aerorover MissionWe propose a combined Titan orbiter and Titan Aerorover mission with an emphasis on both in situ and remote sensing measurements of Titan's surface, atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetospheric interaction. The biological aspect of the Titan environment will be emphasized by the mission (i.e., search for organic materials which may include simple organics to 'amono' analogues of amino acids and possibly more complex, lightening detection and infrared, ultraviolet, and charged particle interactions with Titan's surface and atmosphere). An international mission is assumed to control costs. NASA will provide the orbiter, launch vehicle, DSN coverage and operations, while international partners will provide the Aerorover and up to 30% of the cost for the scientific instruments through collaborative efforts. To further reduce costs we propose a single PI for orbiter science instruments and a single PI for Aerorover science instruments. This approach will provide single command/data and power interface between spacecraft and orbiter instruments that will have redundant central DPU and power converter for their instruments. A similar approach could be used for the Aerorover. The mission profile will be constructed to minimize conflicts between Aerorover science, orbiter radar science, orbiter radio science, orbiter imaging science, and orbiter fields and particles (FP) science. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.
Document ID
20010041279
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sittler Jr., E. C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Acuna, M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Burchell, M. J.
(Kent Univ. Canterbury, United Kingdom)
Coates, A.
(Mullard Space Science Lab. Dorking, United Kingdom)
Farrell, W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Flasar, M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Goldstein, B. E.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Gorevan, S.
(Honeybee Robotics Ltd. New York, NY United States)
Hartle, R. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Johnson, W. T. K.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2001
Publication Information
Publication: Forum on Innovative Approaches to Outer Planetary Exploration 2001-2020
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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