4 papers
The Arcanum Mission: Scientific Objectives and Instruments for Neptune, Triton and KBOs
James McKevitt, Christina Bornberg, Tom Dixon +18
The Arcanum mission is a proposed L-class spacecraft that highlights the revolutionary approach which can now be taken to future space mission design. Using the case of the SpaceX…
Optimisation of a Hydrodynamic SPH-FEM Model for a Bioinspired Aerial-aquatic Spacecraft on Titan
James McKevitt
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, supports a dense atmosphere, numerous bodies of liquid on its surface, and as a richly organic world is a primary focus for understanding the processe…
An L-class Multirole Observatory and Science Platform for Neptune
James McKevitt, Sophie Bulla, Tom Dixon +17
A coming resurgence of super heavy-lift launch vehicles has precipitated an immense interest in the future of crewed spaceflight and even future colonisation efforts. While it is t…
Enceladus and Titan: Emerging Worlds of the Solar System (ESA Voyage 2050 White Paper)
Ali Sulaiman, Nicholas Achilleos, Sushil Atreya +20
Some of the major discoveries of the recent Cassini-Huygens mission have put Titan and Enceladus firmly on the Solar System map. The mission has revolutionised our view of Solar Sy…