Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Crisp, M. P..
In this paper, the authors propose a new process for the development and operation of inmanned vehicles for the exploration of space. We call the vehicle Sciencecraft to distinguish it from the more traditional vehicle Spacecraft. A Sciencecraft is an integrated unit that combines science instruments, electronics, telecommunications, power, and propulsion elements into a single system.
The Kuiper Express is a mission to achieve the first reconnaissance of one of the primitive objects in the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Express is a sciencecraft mission. It will be launched using a Delta vehicle and will use solar electric propulsion to shape its trajectory in the inner Solar System, while executing two Earth gravity-assist flybys.
The Planetary Integrated Camera-Spectrometer (PICS)is an highly integrated sensor system which performs the functions of three optical instruments:...