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Interstellar flyby scientific data downlink design
David Messerschmitt, Philip Lubin, Ian Morrison
The design of a downlink communication system for returning scientific data from an interstellar flyby probe is reviewed in this tutorial white paper. It its assumed that the probe…
B-mode polarization forecasts for GreenPol
U. Fuskeland, A. Kaplan, I. K. Wehus +9
We present tensor-to-scalar ratio forecasts for GreenPol, a hypothetical ground-based B-mode experiment aiming to survey the cleanest regions of the Northern Galactic Hemisphere at…
Swarm of lightsail nanosatellites for Solar System exploration
Giovanni Santi, Alain J. Corso, Denis Garoli +13
This paper presents a study for the realization of a space mission which employs nanosatellites driven by an external laser source impinging on an optimized lightsail, as a valuabl…
Optimal mass and speed for interstellar flyby with directed-energy propulsion
David Messerschmitt, Philip Lubin, Ian Morrison
The design of mission scenarios for the flyby investigation of nearby star systems by probes launched using directed energy is addressed. Multiple probes are launched with a fixed…
Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements White Paper
Clarence L. Chang, Kevin M. Huffenberger, Bradford A. Benson +128
This is a solicited whitepaper for the Snowmass 2021 community planning exercise. The paper focuses on measurements and science with the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The CMB…
Don't Forget To Look Up
Philip Lubin, Alexander N. Cohen
We discuss a hypothetical existential threat from a 10 km diameter bolide discovered 6 months prior to impact with one case being a comet and the other being an asteroid. We show t…