Space Policy Edition: Why are outer planets missions so expensive?
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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The Science of Spacecraft Design and Mission Design
Nassa has a problem with its flagships, he says. It's hard to make the best possible spacecraft that has the most robustness and reliability. And so we tried to say, how can we design this so that the decisions we're making on what to observe are just going to work no matter what we do? He thinks it would be a mistake not to fly juno at ice giants because i could go there and explore that system.
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