학술논문
An L-class Multirole Observatory and Science Platform for Neptune
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McKevitt, James; Bulla, Sophie; Dixon, Tom; Criscola, Franco; Parkinson-Swift, Jonathan; Bornberg, Christina; Singh, Jaspreet; Patel, Kuren; Laad, Aryan; Forder, Ethan; Ayin-Walsh, Louis; Beegadhur, Shayne; Wedde, Paul; Pappula, Bharath Simha Reddy; McDougall, Thomas; Foghis, Madalin; Kent, Jack; Morgan, James; Raj, Utkarsh; Heinreichsberger, Carina
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A coming resurgence of super heavy-lift launch vehicles has precipitated an immense interest in the future of crewed spaceflight and even future colonisation efforts. While it is true that a bright future awaits this sector, driven by commercial ventures and the reignited interest of old space-faring nations, and the joining of new ones, little of this attention has been reserved for the science-centric applications of these launchers. The Arcanum mission is a proposal to use these vehicles to deliver an L-class observatory into a highly eccentric orbit around Neptune, with a wide-ranging suite of science goals and instrumentation tackling Solar System science, planetary science, Kuiper Belt Objects and exoplanet systems.
Comment: Global Space Exploration Conference 2021, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 14 - 18 June 2021. Published by the International Astronautical Federation with permission
Comment: Global Space Exploration Conference 2021, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 14 - 18 June 2021. Published by the International Astronautical Federation with permission