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Ice Giant Mission Study Overview
12 November 2015 DPS, Na?onal Harbor Maryland
Mark Hofstadter, JPL/Caltech Amy Simon, Goddard
Ground-‐Based Image of Uranus. Sromovsky et al. 2012
Neptune and Triton from Voyager
Goal: Assess science priorities and affordable mission concepts & options in preparation for the next Decadal Survey. Objective: Identify mission concepts that can address science priorities based on what has been learned since the 2013-2022 Decadal.
Purpose
• Address both Uranus and Neptune Missions. • Cost $1B- $2B (FY15$). • Focus on launch dates from 2023 to 2032. • Technical aspects to investigate:
• Determine pros/cons in using one spacecraft design for both planets (possibility of joint development of two copies).
• Evaluate use of realistic emerging enabling technologies. • Constrain missions to fit on a commercial LV. • Identify benefits/cost savings if SLS were available.
• Identify clean-interface roles for potential international partnerships. • Establish a Science Definition Team (SDT).
Some of the Ground-Rules
This is a one-year effort.
• Preliminary work has begun at JPL: Review of previous studies, trajectory work, assessment of new technologies.
• Formation of Science Definition Team imminent. - Call for letters of application to be issued via NSPIRES.
• Target dates. - January: SDT provides science goals; A-Team Study. - March-May: ~4 Team-X studies. - August: Draft final report ready for review. - September: Final report to NASA released.
• Community interactions at OPAG, LPSC, EGU. Public documents available on-line.
Activities/Schedule
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