New-Frontiers (NF) Class In-Situ Exploration of Venus: The Venus Climate and Geophysics Mission Concept
- Baines, Kevin
- Akins, Alexander
- Atkinson, David H.
- Atreya, Sushil K
- Bullock, Mark A.
- Cheung, Kar-Ming
- Cutts, James A.
- Dorsky, Len
- Dyar, Darby
- Garcia, Raphaël F.
- Grimm, Robert
- De Jong, Maxim
- Hall, Jeffery
- Helbert, Jörn
- Hunter, Gary
- Jessup, Kandis Lea
- Kleinboehl, Armin
- Komjathy, Attila
- Lebonnois, S.
- Lognonne, P.
- McGouldrick, Kevin
- Mimoun, David
- Mousis, Olivier
- Nikolic, Dragan
- O'Rourke, Joseph G.
- Pauken, Michael T.
- Renard, Jean-Baptiste
- Seager, Sara
- Verdier, Nicolas
- Vergados, Panagiotis
- Wilson, Colin
- Yung, Yuk L.
DOIAbstract
More than 85% of the 23 investigations developed by VEXAG are largely accomplished via a NF mission centered on a variable-altitude balloon (aerobot) supported by a science/comm orbiter. Circling Venus >15 times over ~90 days, the aerobot repeatedly visits 52–62 km alts as it semi-continuously samples a host of environmental & surface parameters
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