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The development of the Ares V launch vehicle will provide levels of performance unseen since the days of Apollo. This capability, like the Saturn V before it, is being developed primarily in support of lunar exploration missions. However, the tremendous jump in performance offered by the Ares V launch system has tremendous potential for the furtherance of robotic solar system exploration missions...
In 1999, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission will place a spacecraft with five facility instruments, including the NEAR Laser Rangefinder (NLR), into a low-altitude (~50 km) orbit about the asteroid 433 Eros. The NLR is a high-fidelity altimeter capable of 31.5-cm resolution and <2-m accuracy, and will be operated continuously while at Eros. The NLR design is quite robust and is the...
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