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3 Flight Missions
Pages 26-33

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... FIGURE 3.1  Europa above the clouds of Jupiter, as imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft. Europa was the top-priority flagship mission for the decadal survey.
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From page 27...
... The flagship flight missions recommended by the decadal survey for 2003-2013 are listed in Table 3.1. National Research Council, New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy, The National Academies Press, Wash ington, D.C., 2003.
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... aMission concepts summarized from National Research Council, New Frontiers in the Solar System: An Integrated Exploration Strategy, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2003. In the recommendations quoted below from New Frontiers in the Solar System, the Solar System Exploration Survey (SSE Survey)
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... New Frontiers Recommendation Results of Midterm Review "The SSE Survey endorses the current recommendations for a mission to orbit Grade: D Trend: ➜ Europa. However, given the high cost of the Europa Geophysical Explorer mission, the Survey considers it essential that the mission address both the Group 1 and Group 2 science objectives described by the Europa Orbiter Science Definition Team." (p.
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... New Frontiers Recommendation Results of Midterm Review "The SSE Survey recommends that NASA engage prospective international Grade: C Trend: ➜ partners in the planning and implementation of the Europa Geophysical Explorer." (p.
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... Recommendation:  NASA should increase the rate of selection and launch of New Frontiers missions. New Frontiers Recommendation Results of Midterm Review "The SSE Survey recommends an early study to find ways to avoid the potentially Grade: adverse consequences of conflicts of interest relating to, for example, access to Incomplete unique expertise and infrastructure at NASA centers." (p. 191)
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... These steps can help to restore vitality to this important program. New Frontiers Recommendation Results of Midterm Review "The SSE Survey supports NASA's current Senior Review process for deciding Grade: A Trend: ➜ the scientific merits of a proposed mission extension and recommends that early planning be done to provide adequate funding of mission extensions, particularly Flagship missions and missions with international partners." (pp.
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... New Frontiers Recommendation Results of Midterm Review "[A] top-level programmatic priorit[y]
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