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Com

plet

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issi

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3

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ileo

Scie

nce

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vest

igat

ed th

e ch

emic

al c

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sitio

n an

d ph

ysic

al s

tate

of J

upite

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tmos

pher

e.•

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ied

the

stru

ctur

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d ph

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ynam

ics

of th

e jo

vian

mag

neto

sphe

re.

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vest

igat

ed th

e ch

emic

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ompo

sitio

n an

d ph

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al s

tate

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jovi

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atel

lites

and

ring

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l pha

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f mis

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focu

sed

on th

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all m

oon,

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thea

, and

on

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inne

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with

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orb

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pro

be in

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plet

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o ex

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Eur

opa

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sion

(G

EM

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d th

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M).

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ispo

sed

of o

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impa

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to J

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tem

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1, 2

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for p

lane

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5

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sini

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gens

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nche

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200

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gens

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to T

itan

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14,

20

05

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mis

sion

at

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urn

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nce

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erm

ine

the

chem

ical

com

posi

tion

and

phys

ical

sta

te o

f Tita

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atm

osph

ere

and

surfa

ce•In

vest

igat

e th

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ruct

ure

and

dyna

mic

s of

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pher

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urve

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and

phys

ical

dyn

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s of

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urn’

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agne

tosp

here

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eter

min

e th

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emic

al c

ompo

sitio

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nd p

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cal s

tate

s of

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urn’

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tellit

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pace

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mis

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th

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on

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mun

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[dem

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09]

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SA

has

nev

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s/c

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ca

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ode

at J

PL

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gram

man

agem

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coor

dina

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sys

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eng

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ring)

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erou

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odes

at v

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us N

AS

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rs

and

inst

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ns n

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cipl

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pro

vide

val

uabl

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k be

twee

n P

DS

and

the

plan

etar

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e co

mm

unity

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re S

tate

Ver

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gh d

ata

volu

mes

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ance

d qu

ery

capa

bilit

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tribu

ted

com

putin

g

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or F

unct

ions

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atio

n of

pla

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olar

sy

stem

dat

a

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vide

the

publ

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read

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acce

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n-lin

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pe

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view

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vide

tool

s, a

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m

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to e

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unity

in

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reta

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of d

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ly S

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and

mai

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of p

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mis

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dat

aset

s (re

stor

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Arc

hive

of c

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data

sets

(pip

elin

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Pre

para

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for f

utur

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(coo

rdin

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inte

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s,

stan

dard

evo

lutio

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forc

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achi

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tem

evo

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m a

har

d m

edia

arc

hive

to a

n on

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sy

stem

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stin

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odes

cu

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ly b

eing

re-c

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lta-re

view

for M

ars

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onna

issa

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MR

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prep

arat

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s in

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elop

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9

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ject

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met

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roje

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rom

ethe

us P

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s lo

cate

d ad

min

i-st

rativ

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in th

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xplo

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PP

has

two

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or o

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:–

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elop

fiss

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nucl

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ower

for s

pace

app

licat

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pow

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-spa

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ropu

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•P

PP

is th

e im

plem

entin

g or

gani

zatio

n fo

r fut

ure

“flag

ship

-cla

ss” s

cien

ce m

issi

ons,

the

first

of w

hich

is

the

Jupi

ter I

cy M

oons

Orb

iter (

JIM

O).

•A

ll re

spon

sibi

lity

(and

fund

ing)

for s

cien

ce o

n th

ese

mis

sion

s re

side

s in

the

Sci

ence

Mis

sion

s D

irect

orat

e.

10

Jupi

ter I

cy M

oons

Orb

iter

•G

loba

l sur

face

and

sub

surfa

ce

char

acte

rizat

ion

and

expl

orat

ion

of th

e ic

y G

alile

an s

atel

lites

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unch

~20

15–

Seq

uent

ially

orb

it ic

y G

alile

an s

atel

lites

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xten

ded

Jupi

ter a

nd Io

obs

erva

tions

–4-

6 ye

ar s

cien

ce li

fetim

e at

Jup

iter

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oten

tial s

mal

l Eur

opa

surfa

ce p

acka

ge

•Fi

rst u

se o

f nuc

lear

reac

tor t

o po

wer

sp

ace

scie

nce

mis

sion

–A

dvan

ced

high

cap

abili

ty in

stru

men

ts–

Hig

h da

ta ra

te c

omm

unic

atio

ns

11

JIM

O S

cien

ce P

lann

ing

Key

Them

es•R

esea

rch

com

mun

ity in

volv

ed th

roug

h ac

tive

and

voca

l Sci

ence

Def

initi

on T

eam

(SD

T), w

ith in

puts

from

–N

RC

Dec

adal

Sur

vey

–N

AS

A S

olar

Sys

tem

Exp

lora

tion

Roa

dmap

200

3–

JIM

O F

orum

(ope

n to

rese

arch

com

mun

ity -

“gra

ss ro

ots”

)•S

DT

iden

tifie

d co

mpr

ehen

sive

sci

ence

goa

ls th

at c

an

only

be a

chie

ved

with

fiss

ion

pow

er a

nd p

ropu

lsio

n•I

tera

tive

and

open

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

SD

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d N

AS

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omm

unic

ated

sci

ence

requ

irem

ents

vis

a v

iste

chni

cal l

imita

tions

12

JIM

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cien

ce D

efin

ition

Tea

m•J

IMO

will

add

ress

hig

h pr

iorit

y sc

ienc

e ob

ject

ives

id

entif

ied

by N

AS

A a

nd th

e sc

ienc

e co

mm

unity

:–

8 of

12

obje

ctiv

es in

NR

C D

ecad

al S

urve

y–

5 of

11

non-

Mar

s ob

ject

ives

in N

AS

A S

olar

Sys

tem

Exp

lora

tion

Roa

dmap

200

3•H

iera

rchy

of 4

Goa

ls, 1

2 O

bjec

tives

, 43

inve

stig

atio

ns,

and

over

156

mea

sure

men

ts•P

aylo

ad A

ccom

mod

atio

n E

nvel

ope

prov

ides

–15

00 k

g fo

r sci

ence

pay

load

, inc

ludi

ng E

urop

a su

rface

pac

kage

–P

olar

orb

its o

f icy

moo

ns–

Long

dur

atio

ns a

t eac

h ic

y m

oon

and

in J

upite

r sys

tem

–H

igh

pow

er a

nd h

igh

data

rate

s fo

r ins

trum

ents

Onl

ya

fissi

on-p

ower

ed N

EPP

spac

ecra

ft ca

n ac

com

plis

h al

l of t

his

in a

sin

gle

mis

sion

13

New

Fro

ntie

rs P

rogr

am•

NF

will

acc

ompl

ish

the

obje

ctiv

es o

f the

hig

h-pr

iorit

y m

issi

ons

iden

tifie

d in

the

Dec

adal

Sur

vey

that

fit i

n th

e “m

ediu

m” m

issi

on c

ateg

ory:

•So

uth

Pole

Aitk

en B

asin

Sam

ple

Ret

urn

(SPA

-SR

)•

Jupi

ter P

olar

Orb

iter w

ith P

robe

s (J

POP)

•Ve

nus

In-s

itu E

xplo

rer (

VISE

)•

Com

et S

urfa

ce S

ampl

e R

etur

n (C

SSR

)•

Kui

per B

elt P

luto

Exp

lore

r (K

BPE

) •

New

Hor

izon

s de

sign

ated

as

first

NF

mis

sion

(KB

PE

)•

Com

petit

ion

unde

rway

for s

econ

d N

F m

issi

on•

AO

for a

new

mis

sion

app

roxi

mat

ely

ever

y th

ree

year

s•

Cos

t Cap

ped

at $

750

M in

FY

03

Dol

lars

, $35

M fo

r M

Os

14

New

Hor

izon

s

Cha

ract

eriz

e an

d M

ap th

e su

rface

of P

luto

and

Cha

ron,

and

C

hara

cter

ize

the

atm

osph

ere

of P

luto

Mis

sion

is s

ched

uled

for l

aunc

h in

Ja

nuar

y 20

06

Nuc

lear

(RTG

) lau

nch

appr

oval

is m

ajor

sc

hedu

le d

river

Prod

uctio

n of

cla

dded

plu

toni

um p

elle

ts a

t LA

NL

is a

dditi

onal

sch

edul

e ris

k

15

Trac

eabi

lity

to D

ecad

al S

urve

y

•H

ighe

st p

riorit

y re

com

men

datio

n: “f

lags

hip-

clas

s”

mis

sion

(>$1

B),

Eur

opa

Geo

phys

ical

Exp

lore

r (E

GS

)–

JIM

O m

eets

and

exc

eeds

all

scie

nce

requ

irem

ents

for E

GS

•Fi

ve h

igh-

prio

rity

“med

ium

-cla

ss” m

issi

ons

to P

luto

, V

enus

, Jup

iter,

Moo

n, a

nd c

omet

nuc

leus

–N

ew F

ront

iers

pro

gram

of P

I-led

med

ium

cla

ss (≤

$750

M)

mis

sion

s in

itiat

ed in

FY

2003

–N

ew H

oriz

ons

desi

gnat

ed a

s fir

st N

F m

issi

on–

AO

issu

ed fo

r com

petit

ion

amon

g re

mai

ning

four

mis

sion

s.

Exp

ect t

o is

sue

addi

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lAO

s at

app

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mat

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thre

e-ye

ar

inte

rval

s•

Stro

ng e

ndor

sem

ent f

or c

ontin

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suc

cess

ful

Dis

cove

ry p

rogr

am o

f “sm

all”

PI-l

ed m

issi

ons

FUTU

RE

MIS

SIO

NS

17

“Fla

gshi

p” M

issi

ons

•Lo

ng-te

rm s

trate

gy fo

r out

er p

lane

ts

expl

orat

ion

depe

nds

on fi

ssio

n po

wer

and

nu

clea

r ele

ctric

pro

puls

ion

(NE

PP

) to

over

com

e tra

ditio

nal l

imita

tions

in p

ower

, pr

opul

sion

, com

mun

icat

ions

, etc

.

18

Flag

ship

Mis

sion

sN

EPP

prov

ides

revo

lutio

nary

cap

abili

ties

for s

cien

ce fa

r exc

eedi

ng p

revi

ous

mis

sion

s•

Hig

h po

wer

for i

nstru

men

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udin

g ac

tive

rem

ote

sens

ing

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igh

data

rate

s du

ring

acqu

isiti

on a

nd

trans

mis

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rge

scie

nce

payl

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mas

s•

Hig

h du

ty c

ycle

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crea

sed

obse

rvat

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time

at fi

nal d

estin

atio

n•

Hig

h de

lta V

cap

abili

ty

19

Flag

ship

Mis

sion

s•

Vis

ion

is fo

r a fi

ssio

n-en

able

d fla

gshi

p m

issi

on

ever

y 4

to 5

yea

rs b

egin

ning

with

JIM

O•

SS

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omm

ittee

on

Prio

ritie

s in

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ce S

cien

ce

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bled

by

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lear

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er a

nd P

ropu

lsio

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ill

repo

rt ne

xt y

ear.

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PA

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cou

nter

part

to th

e M

ars

Exp

lora

tion

Pro

gram

Ass

essm

ent G

roup

(ME

PA

G),

will

in

volv

e sc

ienc

e co

mm

unity

in p

lann

ing

JIM

O

follo

w-o

n m

issi

ons

20

Flag

ship

Mis

sion

s

•A

t a s

cien

ce w

orks

hop

in J

une,

the

scie

nce

com

mun

ity p

rovi

ded

7 m

issi

on c

once

pts

for

JIM

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llow

-on

mis

sion

s:

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of th

e 7

mis

sion

s ca

ll fo

r pro

bes

–P

enet

rato

rs, a

tmos

pher

ic p

robe

s, a

erob

ots,

etc

.

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urop

a La

nder

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iter

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eptu

ne/U

ranu

s O

rbite

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itan

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ultip

robe

s to

M

ultiw

orld

s–

Inte

rste

llar P

robe

–Pr

imiti

ve B

odie

s Ex

plor

er

21

Flag

ship

Mis

sion

sS

cien

ce re

turn

of J

IMO

follo

w-o

n m

issi

ons

mus

t •B

e co

mm

ensu

rate

with

the

scal

e of

thes

e m

issi

ons

–S

ingl

e N

EP

P m

issi

on c

an a

ccom

plis

h go

als

of

mul

tiple

“con

vent

iona

l” m

issi

ons

(i.e.

, hig

h re

turn

on

inve

stm

ent)

–N

EP

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an e

nabl

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diff

eren

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ure

and

scop

e th

an p

revi

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ntem

plat

ed•F

it w

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fram

ewor

k pr

ovid

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ecad

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veys

, Roa

dmap

s, &

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ion

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resp

onsi

ve to

new

dis

cove

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Med

ium

Mis

sion

s

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ntic

ipat

ed th

at fu

ture

Ann

ounc

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ts o

f O

ppor

tuni

ty fo

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ntie

rs w

ill b

e op

ened

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obj

ectiv

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com

men

ded

in th

e D

ecad

al S

urve

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very

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e ye

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ther

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ill b

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portu

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pose

hig

h-pr

iorit

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issi

ons

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acco

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ishe

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with

in a

cos

t-cap

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