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Title: JPL Rapid Mission Architecture (RMA) Enceladus Study Final Report
Primary Author: John Spencer
Institution: Southwest Research Institute
Date: April 1, 2010
Summary: At the request of the Satellites Panel of the Planetary Science Decadal Survey, a Rapid Mission Architecture (RMA) study of possible missions to Saturn''s moon Enceladus was conducted at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in January and February of 2010. Fifteen mission architectures were examined that spanned a broad range of potential science return and total estimated mission cost. This report documents the findings of that study.
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