A Program for Planetary Exploration
David Morrison 1 and
Noel W. Hinners 2
1 Professor of astronomy at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822 and chairman of the NASA Solar System Exploration Committee
2 President of the Planetology Section of the American Geophysical Union
On the basis of a two-year study, the NASA Solar System Exploration Committee recommends a core program of planetary missions through the year 2000. By incorporating a number of cost-saving measures, an exciting program of planetary exploration can be achieved within a highly constrained NASA budget.