This paper, the first of three, compares the merits of current or planned missions to Jupiter and Europa and then proposes a lander vehicle for studying Europa. It outlines the launch vehicle and spacecraft, the mission trajectory, and potential spacecraft instruments. It estimates power consumption, cost, and schedule for a mission to Europa.
Landing on Europa, part 1: Mission proposal
2017-06-01
367297 byte
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Landing on Europa, part 2: Proposed instruments
IEEE | 2017
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