DocumentCode
381385
Title
Current status of Mars Scouts
Author
Matousek, Steve
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Abstract
The Mars Program institutes the Mars Scout Missions in order to address science goals in the program not otherwise covered in baseline Mars plans. Mars Scout missions will be Principal-Investigator (PI) led science missions. Analogous to the Discovery Program, PI-led investigations optimize the use of limited resources to accomplish focused science and allow the flexibility to quickly respond to discoveries at Mars. Scout missions also require unique investments in technology and reliance upon Mars-based infrastructure such as telecom relay orbiters.
Keywords
Mars; space research; space vehicles; Mars Program; Mars Scout Missions; Mars-based infrastructure; limited resources; principal-investigator led science missions; telecom relay orbiters; Costs; Investments; Laboratories; Mars; NASA; Propulsion; Relays; Robustness; Space technology; Telecommunications;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7231-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AERO.2002.1035578
Filename
1035578
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