Scientific Assessment of NASA's SMEX-MIDEX Space Physics Mission Selections (1997) / Chapter Skim
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, TRACE, and IMAGE are now being readied for flight, all in the one-PI/ spacecraft mode of an integrated suite of REPORT MENU instruments. NOTICE MEMBERSHIP FOREWORD Recent pressures to downsize total spacecraft and mission costs have led EXECUTIVE SUMMARY to a new focus on the Explorer line.
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CSSP/CSTR also considered two space physics-oriented STEDI missions to assess using the future UNEX class to enhance the Explorer line capability in solar and space science. The primary task of this brief study is an assessment, from the perspective of the NRC Science Strategy report, of the science capabilities of the recent Explorer selections TRACE and IMAGE and of expectations of this program in the future.
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Below is a summary of the presentations made to the committees and the findings drawn from them and subsequent discussions. These findings include brief descriptions of what was learned from various team representatives about the space physics Explorer mission experience, the Explorer mission science goals in light of the NRC Science Strategy report priorities, and the challenges faced by the newest space physics Explorers.
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