Informed speculations are advanced on plausible candidates for space exploration missions in decades ahead; while none are approved NASA projects, they are deemed accessible to current technology. A Venus radar mapper, a minirover system (several rovers) for Mars surface exploration (geology, areochemistry, meteorology, detection of biota), investigation of Halley's comet (1986 apparition) with the aid of a solar sail vehicle, flybys of Jovian (Galilean) satellites and a landing on Ganymede, and a soft landing on the Saturnian large satellite Titan for examination of its atmosphere and surface are sketched. Anticipated data rates, software, mission reliability, and spacecraft autonomy are discussed, along with anticipated improvements in information transmission hardware and software, and some conjectures beyond the turn of the century.


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    Title :

    The future impact of computation on planetary exploration


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Annual Meeting and Technical Display Incorporating the Forum on the Future of Air Transportation ; 1977 ; Washington, DC


    Publication date :

    1977-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English