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ExSPO: A Discovery Class Apodized Square Aperture (ASA) Expo-Planet Imaging Space Telescope ConceptExSPO is a Discovery Class (approx. 4 meter) apodized square aperture (ASA) space telescope mission designed for direct imaging of extrasolar Earth-like planets, as a precursor to TPF. The ASA telescope concept, instrument design, capabilities, mission plan and science goals are described.
Document ID
20020068976
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Gezari, D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Harwit, M.
(Cornell Univ. United States)
Lyon, R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Melnick, G.
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA United States)
Papaliolos, G.
(Harvard Univ. United States)
Ridgeway, S.
(National Optical Astronomy Observatories Tucson, AZ United States)
Woodruff, R.
(Boeing-SVS, Inc. Albuquerque, NM United States)
Nisenson, P.
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA United States)
Oegerle, William
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Subject Category
Optics
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Conference
Location: Waikoloa, HI
Country: United States
Start Date: August 22, 2002
End Date: August 28, 2002
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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