![]() ![]() An academically-inspired graduate-student supported study at Johns Hopkins University reported on our progress presented at the 2018 Committee on Space Research meeting (COSPAR 2018) in assessing and evaluating several critical subsystem issues and fruitful lines of innovation to improve dual-band downlink performance for a 1000 AU (1.5 × 10 11 km) mission. NASA is stimulating such a pathfinder mission starting this year to promote efforts that could build upon what has been accomplished by New Horizons, and for which APL can leverage heat shield technology used on the Parker Solar Probe. For such a long-range mission goal, mission enabling technological developments need to be developed and evaluated in precursor missions beyond the edge of the solar system. ![]() The goal of a realistic interstellar mission to the nearest star recently announced by NASA as a new space exploration objective targeted for circa 2069, presents a daunting but exciting prospect for creating a pragmatic but visionary mission design. ![]()
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