We propose a combined Titan orbiter and Titan Aerorover mission with an emphasis on both in situ and remote sensing measurements of Titan's surface, atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetospheric interaction. The biological aspect of the Titan environment will be emphasized by the mission (i.e., search for organic materials which may include simple organics to 'amono' analogues of amino acids and possibly more complex, lightening detection and infrared, ultraviolet, and charged particle interactions with Titan's surface and atmosphere). An international mission is assumed to control costs. NASA will provide the orbiter, launch vehicle, DSN coverage and operations, while international partners will provide the Aerorover and up to 30% of the cost for the scientific instruments through collaborative efforts. To further reduce costs we propose a single PI for orbiter science instruments and a single PI for Aerorover science instruments. This approach will provide single command/data and power interface between spacecraft and orbiter instruments that will have redundant central DPU and power converter for their instruments. A similar approach could be used for the Aerorover. The mission profile will be constructed to minimize conflicts between Aerorover science, orbiter radar science, orbiter radio science, orbiter imaging science, and orbiter fields and particles (FP) science. Additional information is contained in the original extended abstract.


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    Titel :

    Titan Orbiter Aerorover Mission


    Beteiligte:
    Sittler Jr., E. C. (Autor:in) / Acuna, M. (Autor:in) / Burchell, M. J. (Autor:in) / Coates, A. (Autor:in) / Farrell, W. (Autor:in) / Flasar, M. (Autor:in) / Goldstein, B. E. (Autor:in) / Gorevan, S. (Autor:in) / Hartle, R. E. (Autor:in) / Johnson, W. T. K. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2001-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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