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SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS
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... 7. We recommend development of a hybrid spinning spacecraft, design studies leading to a data system that can handle both cruise mode and encounter operation, and that special attention be devoted to design of a spacecraft that can survive and remain magnetically clean after passing through the Jovian environment (page 17)
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... ll. We recommend that NASA proceed with the development of advanced methods of propulsion useful for exploration of the solar system (page 24)
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