Architecting the search for terrestrial planets and related origins (ASTRO)

David W. Miller; Andrew W. Curtis; Olivier L. de Weck; Emilio Frazzoli; Andre R. Girerd; Troy L. Hacker; Cyrus D. Jilla; Edmund M. Kong; Brian Makins; Sangwoo Pak

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28 July 2000 Architecting the search for terrestrial planets and related origins (ASTRO)

David W. Miller, Andrew W. Curtis, Olivier L. de Weck, Emilio Frazzoli, Andre R. Girerd, Troy L. Hacker, Cyrus D. Jilla, Edmund M. Kong, Brian Makins, Sangwoo Pak

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Proceedings Volume 4013, UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.394033
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

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As a cornerstone in NASA's Origins program, the primary goal of the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission is to directly detect the existence of Earth-like planets around nearby stars. This paper presents a process and a software tool, based on a quantitative systems engineering methodology, to conduct architectural trade studies during the TPF mission conceptual design phase.

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David W. Miller, Andrew W. Curtis, Olivier L. de Weck, Emilio Frazzoli, Andre R. Girerd, Troy L. Hacker, Cyrus D. Jilla, Edmund M. Kong, Brian Makins, and Sangwoo Pak "Architecting the search for terrestrial planets and related origins (ASTRO)", Proc. SPIE 4013, UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, (28 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.394033

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