Example Mission Concepts
A focusing telescope for energies above 20 keV. Energy range is 20 - 90 keV. It needs >125,000 feet for 100 days.
3m or greater IR/optical telescope
- Antarctic night flights
- Radiatively cooled primary mirror & diffraction limited optics
Large volume (20 liters Ge) gamma-ray spectrometer
A 1.5 M or larger telescope to resolve the fundamental magnetic field structures on the sun.
- 4 and 16 Mbytes/exposure, i.e., 50 - 100 Mbps, need TDRS SA capability
Interferometer/planet finder
- 1 milliarcsecond (mas) imaging