Intrepid: a Mission to Pluto

By: NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

A proposal for an exploratory spacecraft mission to Pluto/Charon system was written in response to the request for proposal for an unmannned probe to pluto (RFP). The design requirements of the RFP are presented and under the guidance of these requirements, the spacecraft Intrepid was designed. The RPF requirement that was of primary importance is the minimization of cost. Also, the reduction of flight time was of extreme importance because the atmosphere of Pluto is expected to collapse close to the Year 2020. If intrepid should arrive after the collapse, the mission would be a failure; for Pluto would be only a solid rock of ice. The topics presented include: (1) scientific instrumentation; (2) mission management, planning, and costing; (3) power and propulsion subsystem; (4) structural subsystem; (5) command, control, and communications; and (6) attitude and articulation control. Behling, Michael and Buchman, Donald and Marcus, Andres and Procopis, Stephanie and Wassgren, Carl and Ziemer, Sarah Unspecified Center...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1730960928
• ISBN13: 9781730960925
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"