Session
Technical Poster Session II
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
•Initial activity: Design and development of inaugural mission concepts to achieve Decadal Survey-quality science relatively quickly to serve as a proof-of-concept for the MILO funding and management model
•Inaugural mission costs significantly lower than those of NASA Discovery missions
•Three inaugural small sat missions are being developed: two to explore Near-Earth Objects and one to explore the Moon
•In discussions about MILO membership with more than 150 entities in 40 countries
The MILO Space Science Institute: Enabling New, Science-Focused Deep Space SmallSat Missions
Utah State University, Logan, UT
•Initial activity: Design and development of inaugural mission concepts to achieve Decadal Survey-quality science relatively quickly to serve as a proof-of-concept for the MILO funding and management model
•Inaugural mission costs significantly lower than those of NASA Discovery missions
•Three inaugural small sat missions are being developed: two to explore Near-Earth Objects and one to explore the Moon
•In discussions about MILO membership with more than 150 entities in 40 countries