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C. M. Hohenberg, Kunihiko Nishiizumi, Kevin D. McKeegan, Andrew J. Campbell, Robert O. Pepin, R. J. Hohlfelder, Rainer Wieler, Richard H. Becker, A. L. Butterworth, Charles C. Hays, Amy J. G. Jurewicz, D. S. Burnett, K. M. McNamara, Mitsuru Ebihara, Veronika S. Heber, Munir Humayun, T. A. Friedmann, A. P. Meshik, D. S. Woolum, Ian A. Franchi, Roger C. Wiens, J. A. Stone, and D. J. Schlutter
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Solar wind ,Planetary science ,Spacecraft ,Sample return mission ,Space and Planetary Science ,business.industry ,Focal spot ,Environmental science ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Concentrator ,business ,Remote sensing - Abstract
Genesis (NASA Discovery Mission #5) is a sample return mission. Collectors comprised of ultra-high purity materials will be exposed to the solar wind and then returned to Earth for laboratory analysis. There is a suite of fifteen types of ultra-pure materials distributed among several locations. Most of the materials are mounted on deployable panels (‘collector arrays’), with some as targets in the focal spot of an electrostatic mirror (the ‘concentrator’). Other materials are strategically placed on the spacecraft as additional targets of opportunity to maximize the area for solar-wind collection.
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- 2003
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